31.5%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Orange · Sub-region (SA3)
Health & Disability in Orange
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people live with long-term health issues in Orange than in most similar areas. About 31.5% of residents have a chronic condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are especially common here, affecting 11.1% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 11.1%, followed by asthma and arthritis at 9.8% each. This rate is well above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, but 20.9% live with one condition.
11.1%
Higher than 81% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Orange, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.7% of people in Orange need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the state and national figures, though the proportion of people needing assistance rose by 1.0 percentage points since 2011.
5.7% ▲ +19.8%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Orange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10304/orange/topic/health-disability