33.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wallendbeen · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wallendbeen
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Long-term health struggles have become more common in Wallendbeen, where 33.8% of residents now live with a lasting health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, reflecting a community facing more health challenges than most other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis (12.7%) and asthma (10.4%) are the most frequent long-term ailments reported here. While 55.2% of people have no long-term health issues, the rate of those with a mental health condition is 8.0%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
8.0%
Lower than 51% 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 Wallendbeen, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.3% of residents need help with their daily activities. This is a little below the state and national figures of 5.8%.
4.3% ▼ -36.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Wallendbeen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14131/wallendbeen/topic/health-disability