42.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lake Munmorah · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lake Munmorah
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher proportion of people live with long-term health issues in Lake Munmorah than across the state. About 42.2% of residents report a chronic condition, which is 15 percentage points above the New South Wales figure. This health burden is reflected in the number of people requiring daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 12.6% of the population. Arthritis is the most reported long-term condition at 17.7%, followed by asthma at 10.6% and diabetes at 7.7%.
12.6%
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 Lake Munmorah, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 8.5% of residents, which is a little above the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia. This rate of need for assistance is much higher than in most similar areas.
8.5% ▲ +49.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Lake Munmorah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12262/lake-munmorah/topic/health-disability