24.7%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Macquarie Links · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Macquarie Links
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 3.8% of people in Macquarie Links report a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. This suggests a healthy population where long-term illnesses are less common than in most other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 24.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 27.7%. Asthma and diabetes are the most common reports at 7.6% and 7.4% respectively, while 71.3% of people have no long-term health conditions at all.
3.8%
Lower than 80% 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 Macquarie Links, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia, placing the area around the middle for similar places.
4.0% ▲ +129.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Macquarie Links [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12444/macquarie-links/topic/health-disability