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Sydney Inner City · Sub-region (SA3)

Health & Disability in Sydney Inner City

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

Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Sydney Inner City than in most similar areas. Only 20.7% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below both the state and national figures. This makes the area one of the healthiest in the region.

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📍 Sydney Inner City, Sub-region (SA3)

Where Sydney Inner City sits — People with a long-term health condition

20.7%

All sub-region (sa3) areas, 2021. The marker is Sydney Inner City — lower than 88% of areas.

Sydney Inner City20.7%
Greater Sydney 23.6%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 8.7% of people, which is about the same as the national figure. Overall, 70.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Sydney Inner City, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 17%.

None 70.8% One condition 15.7% Two conditions 3.7% Three or more 1.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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In Sydney Inner City, the largest group is Mental health at 26%, followed by Other condition (21%) and Asthma (20%).

Mental health 8.7% Other condition 7.0% Asthma 6.6% Arthritis 3.9% Diabetes 2.2% Heart disease 2.0% Cancer 1.9% Lung condition 0.9% Stroke 0.4% Dementia 0.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 2.8% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 5.8%. This rate has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 2.5%.

People needing help with daily activities

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2.8% ▲ +10.3%

Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Sydney Inner City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/11703/sydney-inner-city/topic/health-disability