42.0%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Maitland · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Maitland
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition in Maitland, where 18.8% of people live with such a condition. This is a high rate of illness for the area, with 42% of residents living with some form of long-term health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Living with a long-term health condition is far more common here than in New South Wales, where the figure is 27%. While over half the population has no long-term illness, 6.6% of residents manage three or more conditions, including arthritis and asthma.
18.8%
Higher 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 Maitland, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is well above the national figure of 5.8%, with 11.9% of people in Maitland requiring such support.
11.9% ▲ +9.7%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.9%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 11.9%
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 Maitland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12458/maitland/topic/health-disability