24.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Atitjere · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Atitjere
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Atitjere than in the rest of Australia. Only 24% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure. This trend is especially clear for mental health, where reports are among the lowest for similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 24% of people have a long-term health condition—well above the Northern Territory's 19.8%—this is still much lower than most other areas. Diabetes is the most common issue at 13.2%, and 67.2% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
2.0%
Lower than 98% 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 Atitjere, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.0% of people in Atitjere need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Australian average. This is among the lowest rates for similar areas and has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
2.0% ▼ -60.8%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Atitjere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722008/atitjere/topic/health-disability