21.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Druitt · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Druitt
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of long-term illness define Mount Druitt, where only 21.6% of people report a chronic health condition. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.0% and the national average of 27.7%. Most residents here live without any long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also much lower than in most areas, affecting 5.3% of people compared to 8.8% nationally. Among those with illnesses, diabetes is the most common at 7.2%, followed by asthma at 6.6%.
5.3%
Lower than 74% 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 Mount Druitt, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the lower rates of chronic illness, 6.5% of people need help with daily activities. This is higher than most areas and slightly above the state and national figures of 5.8%.
6.5% ▲ +36.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Mount Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12767/mount-druitt/topic/health-disability