14.0%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
North Star · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in North Star
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 14% of people in North Star have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure. This means a very high proportion of the local population enjoys a high level of day-to-day wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are among the lowest for areas of this type, with only 1.4% of residents reporting a mental health condition. Arthritis and cancer are the most common long-term issues, each affecting 4.2% of the population.
1.4%
Lower than 92% 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 North Star, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Nobody in North Star reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 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 North Star [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13018/north-star/topic/health-disability