12.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Alyangula · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Alyangula
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health struggles in Alyangula than in the rest of Australia. Only 12.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects a generally healthy population with very low rates of chronic illness and disability.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are among the lowest for similar areas, with mental health conditions affecting just 3.6% of people. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, while asthma is the most common condition at 3.9%.
3.6%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Alyangula, None is the majority at 86%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 0.7% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 5.8%. This need for assistance has fallen 3.8 percentage points since 2011.
0.7% ▼ -85.2%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 0.5%
- 2021: 0.7%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Alyangula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL721001/alyangula/topic/health-disability