19.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Namoi River · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Namoi River
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Namoi River than in most other areas. Only 19.7% of the population lives with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a notably healthy place to live compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Just 6.6% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the New South Wales figure. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 9.8%, followed by diabetes and mental health at 6.6% each.
6.6%
Lower than 65% 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 Namoi River, None is the majority at 86%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is almost unheard of here, with 0.0% of residents requiring assistance. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Namoi River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12899/namoi-river/topic/health-disability