18.7%
Lower than 93% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nyirripi · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Nyirripi
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with chronic illness in Nyirripi than in most other parts of the country. Only 18.7% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. This suggests a community with a relatively low burden of long-term disease.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Diabetes is the most common long-term health condition here, affecting 10.8% of people. Mental health conditions are reported by just 2.4% of the population, a figure that is well below the national average.
2.4%
Lower than 96% 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 Nyirripi, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the community reported needing help with daily activities in 2021. This is a drop from 2.7% in 2011 and is well below the 5.8% national figure.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Nyirripi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722026/nyirripi/topic/health-disability