35.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Combaning · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Combaning
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much higher proportion of people in Combaning live with long-term health issues compared to the rest of the country. Around 35% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This gap is most evident in mental health and respiratory struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, with 17% of people reporting asthma and 13% reporting a mental health condition. This last figure is well above the New South Wales rate of 8%. For most residents, these issues are single conditions, as 17% of the population live with one long-term health problem.
13.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Combaning, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the higher rate of chronic illness, only 5% of people in Combaning need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded across both Australia and New South Wales.
5.0% —
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Combaning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10989/combaning/topic/health-disability