40.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Charbon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Charbon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Charbon is marked by significant health challenges, as 40.7% of residents live with a long-term health condition. This rate is far above the figures for both New South Wales and Australia, placing the area among the highest for long-term illness at this level.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 20.9%, followed by diabetes and heart disease at 11.0% each. While mental health conditions affect 7.7% of people—about the same as the state figure—nearly 20% of residents manage two or more long-term health issues.
7.7%
Lower than 54% 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 Charbon, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common here than in most areas. At 9.9%, this is well above the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.
9.9% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Charbon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10882/charbon/topic/health-disability