33.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tooma · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tooma
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of 6.4 percentage points separates Tooma from the New South Wales average for long-term health issues. While one third of the population lives with a chronic condition, the community reports very low rates of mental health struggles and a lack of need for daily care assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 33.3% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Diabetes is the most common issue at 10.6%, yet mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at only 4.5%.
4.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Tooma, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 33%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Tooma reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% average seen across both the state and Australia.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 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 Tooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13924/tooma/topic/health-disability