24.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dunoon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dunoon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A slightly lower rate of long-term health issues marks Dunoon, where 24.8% of people live with a chronic condition. This is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 60.4% of residents report no long-term health issues, while others most commonly deal with arthritis, asthma, or mental health conditions. The 7.5% of people with a mental health condition 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 Dunoon, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.2% of people in Dunoon need help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
5.2% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Dunoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11328/dunoon/topic/health-disability