41.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dumaresq Valley · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dumaresq Valley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue in Dumaresq Valley, affecting 20.7% of residents. This is a community where health struggles are common, with 41.4% of people living with a long-term condition, a figure far above the national average of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are very common here, with 13.8% of people managing three or more conditions. Mental health conditions are also a little more frequent than in the rest of Australia, affecting 10.3% of the population.
10.3%
Higher than 71% 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 Dumaresq Valley, the largest group is None at 46%, followed by One condition (39%) and Three or more (14%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, 0.0% of people report needing help with daily activities. This is well below the New South Wales figure 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 Dumaresq Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11310/dumaresq-valley/topic/health-disability