24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brewarrina · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brewarrina
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Almost 60% of people in Brewarrina report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most similar places, with a much lower rate of mental health conditions than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 24.8% of residents, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. Mental health conditions are particularly uncommon here, at 5.0%, which is well below the 8.8% national average.
5.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality 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 Brewarrina, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.8% of the population. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.8% ▲ +8.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Brewarrina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10560/brewarrina/topic/health-disability