19.4%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Papunya · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Papunya
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A growing number of people in Papunya now need help with daily activities, rising from 0% in 2011 to 5% in 2021. Despite this shift, long-term health and mental health conditions are much lower here than the national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 19.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian average of 27.7%. This includes low rates of mental health conditions at 2.7% and diabetes at 8.9%.
2.7%
Lower than 95% 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 Papunya, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5% of people need help with daily activities, which is lower than most similar areas. This figure has risen by 5 percentage points since 2011.
5.0% ▲ —
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Papunya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL722027/papunya/topic/health-disability