34.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Elong Elong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Elong Elong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over a third of people in Elong Elong live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure. Health challenges are common here, particularly mental health issues and respiratory conditions like asthma.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A long-term health condition affects 34.5% of residents, which is much higher than most similar areas. Mental health conditions are among the highest at this level at 14.1%, well above the 8.8% national figure, with asthma and arthritis also common.
14.1%
Higher than 90% 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 Elong Elong, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.2% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.2% —
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Elong Elong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11409/elong-elong/topic/health-disability