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Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah

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

More people than usual deal with ongoing health issues in Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, with 34.4% of residents living with a long-term condition. This is well above both the state and national figures. These challenges impact daily life for a significant portion of the local population.

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📍 Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah sits — People with a long-term health condition

34.4%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah — higher than 85% of areas.

Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah34.4%
2318, NSW 34.3%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 11.7%, followed closely by arthritis at 11.6% and asthma at 10.4%. These rates are much higher than in most other areas, with mental health conditions specifically sitting well above the New South Wales figure.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 58.3% One condition 22.3% Two conditions 8.1% Three or more 4.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Arthritis (19%), with Asthma at 17%.

Mental health 11.7% Arthritis 11.6% Asthma 10.4% Other condition 9.6% Diabetes 5.7% Heart disease 4.7% Cancer 3.3% Lung condition 2.1% Stroke 1.1% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily life is more challenging for 6.5% of residents who need help with core activities. This is higher than most areas, and the need for assistance has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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6.5% ▲ +47.2%

Higher than 68% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Williamtown - Medowie - Karuah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/106031125/williamtown-medowie-karuah/topic/health-disability