12.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lowesdale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lowesdale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few people in Lowesdale report long-term health struggles compared to the rest of the country. Just 12% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthiest among similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6% of residents, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 8%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, with other conditions and asthma being the most common reported problems.
6.0%
Lower than 70% 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 Lowesdale, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Lowesdale reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national and state figures, where about 5.8% of people require such assistance.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Lowesdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12423/lowesdale/topic/health-disability