23.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Laughtondale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Laughtondale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Laughtondale than in most similar areas. Only 23.5% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. However, mental health challenges are more common here than in other typical areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.8% of people, which is a little above the national rate of 8.8%. This is the most common long-term health issue reported in Laughtondale, followed by arthritis at 9.8%.
10.8%
Higher than 74% 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 Laughtondale, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Laughtondale reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the New South Wales and national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 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 Laughtondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12290/laughtondale/topic/health-disability