40.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wandella · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wandella
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Wandella has some of the highest rates of long-term health conditions compared to similar areas. About 40.4% of residents live with a chronic health issue, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a notably high rate of mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 12.8% of people, which is well above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 14.2%, followed by heart disease at 9.9%.
12.8%
Higher than 87% 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 Wandella, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.0% of people in Wandella need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
5.0% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Wandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14146/wandella/topic/health-disability