23.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lidster · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lidster
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define the health profile of Lidster. Only 23.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than those in other parts of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by only 4.3% of people, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Among those with long-term illness, arthritis is the most common at 6.6%, followed by asthma at 6.0%.
4.3%
Lower than 78% 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 Lidster, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Lidster need help with daily activities, at just 2.7%. This is well below the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Lidster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12328/lidster/topic/health-disability