33.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wards Mistake · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Wards Mistake, where 33.3% of people live with a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, though the area is sparsely populated.
Long-term conditions people report.
About 33.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales rate of 27.0%. While arthritis and asthma are common, 0.0% of people reported a mental health condition, a figure well below the national average of 8.8%.
33.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Wards Mistake, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 32%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Wards Mistake reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below the 5.8% seen across both Australia and New South Wales.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Wards Mistake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14164/wards-mistake/topic/health-disability