31.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Heddon Greta · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Heddon Greta
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Heddon Greta are now reporting long-term health issues than in previous years. This is most evident in the high rate of mental health conditions, which affects 12.4% of the population and is well above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 31.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. Mental health is the most common issue at 12.4%, followed by asthma at 10.4% and arthritis at 9.6%.
12.4%
Higher than 86% 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 Heddon Greta, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 5.9% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the rest of Australia.
5.9% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Heddon Greta [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11895/heddon-greta/topic/health-disability