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Disability

04 July 2024

Disability, Ageing and Carers, Australia: Summary of Findings

This release includes analysis and data cubes focusing on national level data as well as relevant explanatory material

Reference period

2022

12 October 2022

Disability and carers: Census

1,464,415 people identified as requiring assistance with core activities.
Females are slightly more likely to indicate they require assistance at 6.1 per cent compared to males at 5.5 per cent.
8.2 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people identified requiring assistance with core activities.
76.6 per cent of people identifying as requiring assistance live with family and 19.4 per cent live alone.

Reference period

2021

29 April 2016