32.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nethercote · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Nethercote
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than five points above the state average, 32.5% of people in Nethercote live with a long-term health condition. This gap is driven largely by a high rate of mental health issues, which are much more common here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 12% of residents, a figure well above the 8.8% national average. While 61.4% of people have no long-term health issues, arthritis (10.2%) and asthma (6.6%) are the next most common conditions reported.
12.0%
Higher than 83% 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 Nethercote, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.8% of people need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
4.8% ▲ +96.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Nethercote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12941/nethercote/topic/health-disability