12.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Richmond Lowlands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Richmond Lowlands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 12.7% of people in Richmond Lowlands have a long-term health condition, a figure far below the national average. This is one of the healthiest areas in the region, with very few residents requiring daily help or reporting chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 5.5% of residents, which is well below the Australian figure of 8.8%. Overall, more than half of the population reports having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.5%
Lower than 73% 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 Richmond Lowlands, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the New South Wales rate of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Richmond Lowlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13377/richmond-lowlands/topic/health-disability