30.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Talarm · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Talarm
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Talarm sees 30.6% of its people living with a long-term health condition. This is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%. Most residents do not have a long-term condition, though arthritis is the most common reported illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.6% of people have a long-term health condition, with arthritis affecting 12% and asthma 8.3%. Mental health conditions are reported by 8.7% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.7%
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 Talarm, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher than most areas proportion of people, 6.6%, need help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.
6.6% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Talarm [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13743/talarm/topic/health-disability