35.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Medlow Bath · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Medlow Bath
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of 8.5 percentage points separates Medlow Bath from the state average for long-term health issues. About 35.5% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. This makes it a place where health challenges are much more common than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 10.9%, followed by arthritis at 10.5%. Both figures are a little above the national average, and overall, these health conditions are much more common here than in most similar areas.
10.9%
Higher than 75% 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 Medlow Bath, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the higher rate of chronic illness, only 4.2% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figures of 5.8%.
4.2% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12563/medlow-bath/topic/health-disability