20.4%
Lower than 87% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sydney · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Sydney
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 71% of people in Sydney report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other parts of the country, with far fewer people living with chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most common condition at 8.5%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
8.5%
Lower than 51% 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 Sydney, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Sydney need help with daily activities, at just 2.7%. This is well below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia, and the figure has barely changed since 2011.
2.7% ▲ +10.8%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17200/sydney/topic/health-disability