30.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Parma · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Parma
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher rate of long-term health issues shapes daily life in Parma, where 30.5% of people live with a lasting condition. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%. Mental health conditions are particularly common here, affecting 10.8% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, reported by 10.8% of people. Arthritis is the most frequent long-term condition at 15%, followed by asthma at 9% and diabetes at 6.6%.
10.8%
Higher than 74% 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 Parma, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.8% of people in Parma need help with their daily activities, which is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.
4.8% ▲ +27.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 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 Parma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13166/parma/topic/health-disability