19.9%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Apatula (Finke) · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Apatula (Finke)
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Apatula (Finke) compared to the rest of the country. Only 19.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This is a sparsely populated area where most people report no chronic health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 19.9% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is similar to the Northern Territory average. Diabetes and asthma are the most common issues here, and no one reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Apatula (Finke), None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.6% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Australian average and has fallen since 2011.
2.6% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Apatula (Finke) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722006/apatula/topic/health-disability