26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dairymans Plains · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dairymans Plains
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Dairymans Plains than in most similar areas. About 26.8% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is very close to the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 7.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 8.8%. The most common long-term health issues reported are other conditions (9.3%), asthma (7.7%), and arthritis (7.1%).
7.1%
Lower than 60% 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 Dairymans Plains, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people need help with daily activities here than in the rest of the state, with 4.4% requiring assistance compared to 5.8% across New South Wales.
4.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Dairymans Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11189/dairymans-plains/topic/health-disability