35.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Combara · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Combara
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Combara is marked by significant health challenges, with 35.7% of residents living with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. The area faces a particularly high burden of mental health issues compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 28.6% of people here, which is far above the 8.8% national average. Other common long-term issues include asthma (17.9%) and arthritis (10.7%), with nearly 18% of residents living with three or more conditions.
28.6%
Higher than 99% 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 Combara, None is the majority at 53%; One condition is next at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common in Combara than elsewhere. Around 14.3% of people require this assistance, which is well above the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
14.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 14.3%
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 Combara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10990/combara/topic/health-disability