30.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Narrawa · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Narrawa
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health profiles in Narrawa have shifted over the last decade, with 30.4% of people now living with a long-term health condition. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. While chronic health issues are more common here, the area has a remarkably low rate of mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 3.6% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 8.9%, followed by asthma at 8.0%.
3.6%
Lower than 81% 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 Narrawa, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people in Narrawa need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
5.4% —
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Narrawa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12917/narrawa/topic/health-disability