17.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Meadowbank · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Meadowbank
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 77% of people in Meadowbank report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other parts of the country, with very few residents requiring daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.5% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are the most common report at 6.3%, though this is still a little below the New South Wales average.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Meadowbank, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is rare in Meadowbank, affecting only 2.3% of people. This is well below the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.3% ▲ +67.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Meadowbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12560/meadowbank/topic/health-disability