18.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lenaghan · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lenaghan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 18.6% of people in Lenaghan have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a remarkably healthy area, with very few residents reporting mental health conditions compared to other parts of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, with the typical resident reporting no conditions at all. Heart disease is the most frequent long-term illness at 10%, followed by asthma and cancer at 8.6% each.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Lenaghan, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, the 7.1% of people who need help with daily activities is a little above the New South Wales and Australian figures of 5.8%.
7.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Lenaghan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12311/lenaghan/topic/health-disability