25.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dorroughby · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dorroughby
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 64% of people in Dorroughby report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most similar places, with a low rate of chronic illness and very few people needing daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 25.3% of residents, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Asthma is the most common reported condition at 8.9%, while mental health conditions are slightly lower than the state average at 7.0%.
7.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Dorroughby, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Dorroughby need help with daily activities. At 1.9%, this is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
1.9% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Dorroughby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11282/dorroughby/topic/health-disability