36.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Quandary · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Quandary
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Quandary live with a long-term health condition, a rate well above the national figure. This puts the area in a much higher bracket than most similar places. While many residents manage chronic illness, the need for daily help remains typical for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 36.8% of the population, which is 9.1 percentage points higher than the Australian average. Arthritis and asthma are the most common reported issues, though 52.6% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
8.8%
Higher than 56% 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 Quandary, None is the majority at 56%; One condition is next at 39%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.3% of people in Quandary need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
5.3% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Quandary [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13302/quandary/topic/health-disability