Picton · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Picton

Name: Health & Disability in Picton — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Mental health conditions are more common in Picton than in most other similar areas. About 30.3% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%.

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📍 Picton, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 9.9% of people have a mental health condition, a figure a little above the national average. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 9.5% and arthritis at 9.3%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Picton, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 63.6% One condition 20.5% Two conditions 6.6% Three or more 3.2%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Picton splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Asthma (18%), with Arthritis at 18%.

Mental health 9.9% Asthma 9.5% Arthritis 9.3% Other condition 7.6% Diabetes 4.7% Heart disease 4.2% Cancer 3.6% Lung condition 1.6% Stroke 0.8% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 4.6% of people in Picton need help with daily activities, which is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.

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 Picton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13212/picton/topic/health-disability

Where Picton sits — People with a long-term health condition