25.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Walang · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Walang
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A notably high rate of mental health conditions marks the health profile of Walang, where 11.9% of people live with such a condition. While this is well above the national figure of 8.8%, the overall rate of long-term health issues is slightly lower than both the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 11.9%, followed by arthritis at 10.1% and asthma at 9.2%. In total, 25.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 27.0%.
11.9%
Higher than 82% 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 Walang, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 6.4% of the population. This is higher than most similar areas and sits about the same as the Australian average of 5.8%.
6.4% —
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Walang [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14109/walang/topic/health-disability