32.9%
Higher than 73% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Albury · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Albury
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Albury now need help with daily activities than they did in 2011. This shift sits alongside a high rate of long-term health issues, with 32.9% of the population reporting a lasting condition, which is well above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 11.6% of people. Other frequent long-term struggles include asthma at 10.2% and arthritis at 10.1%.
11.6%
Higher than 90% of council (lga) 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 Albury, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 7.0% of Albury residents need help with daily activities, a figure that has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.
7.0% ▲ +40.2%
Higher than 77% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 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 Albury [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10050/albury/topic/health-disability