29.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kurmond · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kurmond
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around the middle of similar areas for health and disability, Kurmond shows rates of long-term illness that are slightly higher than the state and national figures. About 29.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 29.6% of people, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Arthritis is the most common issue at 10.2%, while 8.1% of residents have a mental health condition, a rate about the same as the state average.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Kurmond, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 5.1% of residents. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
5.1% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Kurmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12223/kurmond/topic/health-disability