31.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Congo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Congo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual live with long-term health issues in Congo, where 31.2% of residents report a chronic condition. While chronic illness is more common here than in the rest of the state, very few people actually require daily help to get around.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well above the national figure of 27.7%, with arthritis (11.5%) and asthma (8.7%) being the most common. Mental health conditions affect 8.7% of residents, which is about the same as the New South Wales average.
8.7%
Higher than 56% 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 Congo, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.4% of people in Congo need help with daily activities. This is well below both the state and national figures of 5.8%.
2.4% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Congo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11008/congo/topic/health-disability