21.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Emu Swamp · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Emu Swamp
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 63% of people in Emu Swamp report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other places, with very few residents needing daily assistance and a low rate of chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 21.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here, affecting just 3.2% of people compared to 8.8% across Australia.
3.2%
Lower than 83% 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 Emu Swamp, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and the rest of the country.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 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 Emu Swamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11422/emu-swamp/topic/health-disability