19.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
The Marra · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in The Marra
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well below the state and national figures, only 19.7% of people in The Marra have a long-term health condition. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, though a higher proportion of residents deal with mental health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health conditions are far less common here than in the rest of Australia, 9.2% of people have a mental health condition, which is higher than most areas. Arthritis is the most reported long-term illness at 10.5%.
9.2%
Higher than 61% 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 The Marra, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 11%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in this sparsely populated area reported needing help with their daily activities, a figure well below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 The Marra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13845/the-marra/topic/health-disability