40.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dry Plain · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dry Plain
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 40.5% of people in Dry Plain live with a long-term health condition, which is far above the national figure. While many residents face chronic health issues, there is a surprising gap between these conditions and the actual need for daily physical support.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are especially common here, affecting 21.4% of people—far above the 8.8% national figure. This contributes to the high rate of long-term illness, with 11.9% of residents reporting arthritis and 9.5% reporting asthma.
21.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Dry Plain, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, 0.0% of people in Dry Plain need help with daily activities. This is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Dry Plain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11298/dry-plain/topic/health-disability