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Health & Disability in Sydney

Name: Health & Disability in Sydney — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Sydney than in most other areas. Only 11.1% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthiest of its kind in the country.

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Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas, affecting only 3.5% of people. Across the community, 80.6% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Sydney, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 10%.

None 80.6% One condition 8.8% Two conditions 1.8% Three or more 0.5%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Sydney splits fairly evenly between Other condition (24%) and Mental health (20%), with Asthma at 19%.

Other condition 4.3% Mental health 3.5% Asthma 3.4% Diabetes 1.8% Arthritis 1.8% Heart disease 1.4% Cancer 1.2% Lung condition 0.4% Stroke 0.2% Dementia 0.1%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Very few people in Sydney need help with daily activities. At 1.6%, this is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.

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 Sydney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13730/sydney/topic/health-disability

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