24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Curban · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Curban than in most similar areas. Only 24.8% of the population reports a chronic condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a profile of a relatively healthy community.
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 10.9%, while 8.8% of people have a mental health condition, which is about the same as the Australian average. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
8.8%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Curban, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Curban reports needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Curban [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11167/curban/topic/health-disability