32.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dilkoon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dilkoon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the national figure, 32.5% of people in Dilkoon live with a long-term health condition. This is a higher rate than most similar areas, though very few residents actually require help with their daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are common here, with diabetes (15%) and arthritis (12.5%) being the most frequent. While mental health conditions affect 7.5% of residents, this is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
7.5%
Lower 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 Dilkoon, the largest group is None at 47%, followed by One condition (22%) and Three or more (22%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Surprisingly, no one in Dilkoon reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and much lower than most other areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 15.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Dilkoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11258/dilkoon/topic/health-disability