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Wagga Wagga · Council (LGA)

Health & Disability in Wagga Wagga

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Asthma is the most common long-term health condition in Wagga Wagga, affecting 11.1% of residents. This is a place where more people report health struggles than in most other areas, with 31% of the population living with a long-term condition.

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📍 Wagga Wagga, Council (LGA)

Where Wagga Wagga sits — People with a long-term health condition

31.0%

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Wagga Wagga — higher than 60% of areas.

Wagga Wagga31.0%
Rest of NSW 33.3%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Long-term health issues are well above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes mental health conditions, which affect 10.3% of residents—a figure that is much higher than most similar areas.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Wagga Wagga, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 60.5% One condition 20.6% Two conditions 6.8% Three or more 3.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Wagga Wagga splits fairly evenly between Asthma (21%) and Mental health (19%), with Arthritis at 17%.

Asthma 11.1% Mental health 10.3% Arthritis 9.1% Other condition 7.7% Diabetes 4.6% Heart disease 3.8% Cancer 3.1% Lung condition 2.2% Stroke 1.0% Dementia 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.9% of people in Wagga Wagga need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the New South Wales figure, though the need for assistance has risen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.9% ▲ +41.8%

Higher than 57% of council (lga) areas.

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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA17750/wagga-wagga/topic/health-disability