24.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Batchelor · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Batchelor
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A growing need for support defines the health landscape in Batchelor, where the share of people needing help with daily tasks has risen significantly since 2011. While long-term health conditions are much less common here than in most similar areas, they remain more frequent than in the rest of the Territory.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national figure. Diabetes is the most common long-term illness at 7%, while mental health conditions affect 6.5% of the population.
6.5%
Lower than 84% 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 Batchelor, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 7% of people in Batchelor now need help with daily activities, a figure that has risen 4.7 percentage points since 2011. This is well above the Northern Territory average of 3.6% and a little above the national figure.
7.0% ▲ +209.8%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Batchelor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722010/batchelor/topic/health-disability