29.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mandalong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mandalong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in ten people in Mandalong live with a mental health condition, which is much higher than most other areas. While 29.8% of the population reports some form of long-term health issue, the most common challenges are mental health and arthritis.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 11.5% of residents, a figure well above the New South Wales average of 8.0%. Other common long-term issues include arthritis (8.8%) and asthma (6.9%), while 58.7% of people report having no long-term health conditions.
11.5%
Higher 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 Mandalong, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.2% of people in Mandalong need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures of 5.8%.
6.2% ▲ +101.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Mandalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12475/mandalong/topic/health-disability