23.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Darlinghurst · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Darlinghurst
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few residents in Darlinghurst need help with daily activities, with only 2.3% requiring support. This makes the area's health profile much healthier than the national average, although mental health conditions are more common here than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.6% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27%. However, mental health conditions are more frequent here than in most areas, affecting 9.8% of the population.
9.8%
Higher than 66% 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 Darlinghurst, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A much lower proportion of people in Darlinghurst need assistance with daily activities compared to the rest of the country. At 2.3%, this is well below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
2.3% ▲ +35.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Darlinghurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11213/darlinghurst/topic/health-disability