Dementia in Australia

Australians living with dementia come from diverse backgrounds and have unique and variable needs for services and support. As the prevalence of dementia continues to increase, the rising proportion of care users with special needs and preferences have become a stronger focus of the aged care sector (Australian Government 2019). 

The following pages present statistics and information on:

• Understanding dementia among Indigenous Australians
• Population health impacts of dementia among Indigenous Australians
• Burden of disease due to dementia among Indigenous Australians
• Hospital care for Indigenous Australians with dementia
• Aged care service use by Indigenous Australians with dementia
• Indigenous-specific health and aged care programs and caring roles among Indigenous Australians
• Dementia among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Cultural and linguistic diversity among Australians who died with dementia
• Dementia among people with intellectual disabilities
• Dementia among veterans
• Dementia in the LGBTIQ+ community.

Refer to the Technical notes for more information on the data sources and methods used to examine dementia in priority population groups. 

Refer to the Indigenous Australians data tables and  Priority populations data tables for the underlying data presented on these pages. 

Key statistics