19.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
High Range · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in High Range
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in High Range than in most similar areas. Only 19.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects a community with a notably high level of general wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 4.8% of people here, a figure well below the 8.8% national average. Most residents have no long-term health issues, while the most common conditions reported are asthma at 5.6% and arthritis at 4.8%.
4.8%
Lower than 76% 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 High Range, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is very low in High Range, with only 1.4% of people requiring assistance. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
1.4% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 High Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11907/high-range/topic/health-disability