34.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ulong · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ulong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term health issue in Ulong, where 14% of people live with such a condition. This is a community facing significant health challenges, with over a third of residents managing a long-term illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 34.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This high rate is driven by mental health and arthritis, which affect 14% and 13.5% of the population respectively.
14.0%
Higher than 89% 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 Ulong, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for daily help is much higher here than in most similar areas. Around 9.3% of residents require assistance with daily activities, which is well above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
9.3% ▲ +76.1%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Ulong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14023/ulong/topic/health-disability