34.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Newbridge · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Newbridge
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health challenges have become more prominent in Newbridge, where 34.5% of people now live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. The area struggles particularly with mental health, which is one of the most common conditions reported here.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 15.7% of the population, a figure well above the 8.8% national average. This contributes to the high proportion of residents with long-term illness, with arthritis (14.8%) and heart disease (7.6%) also being common.
15.7%
Higher than 93% 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 Newbridge, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.3% of people in Newbridge need some help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales average of 5.8%.
6.3% ▼ -23.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Newbridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12957/newbridge/topic/health-disability