Middle Arm · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Middle Arm

Name: Health & Disability in Middle Arm — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Long-term health struggles are more common in Middle Arm than in most similar areas. About 36.6% of people live with a chronic condition, a figure that sits well above the national average of 27.7%.

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📍 Middle Arm, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most frequent long-term condition here, affecting 14.6% of residents. Mental health conditions are also more common than in most areas, at 10.6%, which is a little above the New South Wales figure.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Middle Arm, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 26%.

None 56.8% One condition 24.1% Two conditions 8.5% Three or more 4.5%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Middle Arm — Arthritis leads at 24%, ahead of Asthma (18%) and Mental health (17%).

Arthritis 14.6% Asthma 10.9% Mental health 10.6% Heart disease 6.9% Diabetes 6.4% Other condition 5.8% Lung condition 3.2% Cancer 2.1% Dementia 1.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 4.5% of people need some help with their daily activities, which is a little below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.

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 Middle Arm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12610/middle-arm/topic/health-disability

Where Middle Arm sits — People with a long-term health condition