30.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
North Wagga Wagga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in North Wagga Wagga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
North Wagga Wagga sits around the middle of similar areas for long-term health, though 30% of its people live with a chronic condition. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%. Most residents are healthy, with 57.1% reporting no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 10.9%, followed by asthma at 9.9%. While 8.1% of people have a mental health condition, this is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Wagga Wagga, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 5.9% of people in North Wagga Wagga, which is higher than most similar areas. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded for both the state and the nation.
5.9% ▲ +49.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Wagga Wagga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13024/north-wagga-wagga/topic/health-disability