32.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Tomah · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Tomah
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Living with a long-term health condition is more common in Mount Tomah than in most other areas. About 32.4% of residents manage a long-term illness, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. However, this is contrasted by a very low rate of mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While cancer is the most common long-term health condition at 13.2%, only 4.4% of people report a mental health condition. This is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Most residents here have no long-term health conditions at all.
4.4%
Lower than 78% 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 Tomah, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people in Mount Tomah need help with daily activities compared to the national figure, with 4.4% requiring assistance.
4.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Tomah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12806/mount-tomah/topic/health-disability