36.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Maldon · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of 9 percentage points separates Maldon from the state average for long-term health issues. About 36% of people here live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. Despite this, very few people in the area report needing daily assistance.
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, with asthma (20%) and arthritis (16%) being the most frequent. In contrast, 0% of residents reported a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%.
36.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Maldon, None is the majority at 100%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life seems manageable for most, as 0% of people in Maldon need help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Maldon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12464/maldon/topic/health-disability