26.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nashua · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Nashua
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A little fewer people in Nashua live with long-term health conditions compared to the national figure. While 26.6% of residents have a chronic illness, a higher than usual share of the community reports mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 9.7% of people here have a mental health condition, which is higher than most similar areas and a little above the New South Wales figure. Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 11.6%, while 58.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions.
9.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Nashua, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.1% of people in Nashua need help with daily activities, which is a little below the national and state figures of 5.8%.
4.1% ▲ +68.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Nashua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12923/nashua/topic/health-disability