29.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Kuring-Gai · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Kuring-Gai
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 29% of people in Mount Kuring-Gai live with a long-term health condition, a figure slightly higher than the national average. Most residents are healthy, with 65.2% reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma and arthritis are the most common long-term conditions here, affecting 9.5% and 9.0% of people respectively. Mental health conditions affect 8.6% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.6%
Higher than 54% 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 Kuring-Gai, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.6% of residents need help with their daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
4.6% ▲ +73.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Kuring-Gai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12783/mount-kuring-gai/topic/health-disability