24.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mulgoa · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mulgoa
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Mulgoa than in most similar areas. Only 24.2% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is seen across both physical and mental health indicators.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting 5.2% of people. Arthritis (7.1%) and asthma (6.2%) are the most reported long-term illnesses, though 69.1% of residents have no health conditions at all.
5.2%
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 Mulgoa, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for more people here, with only 3.7% needing assistance with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
3.7% ▲ +30.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12825/mulgoa/topic/health-disability