34.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Teralba · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Teralba
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Long-term health challenges have become more common in Teralba over the last decade. About 34.4% of residents now live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a significant number of people managing mental health issues and chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 12.5% of people, a figure well above the 8.8% national average. Other common long-term conditions in the area include arthritis at 11.6% and asthma at 10.9%.
12.5%
Higher than 86% 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 Teralba, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more difficult for 9.0% of residents who need help with core activities. This is well above the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
9.0% ▼ -27.0%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Teralba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13808/teralba/topic/health-disability