31.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Warragamba · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Warragamba
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher share of people live with long-term health issues in Warragamba than in most other areas. About 31.3% of residents have a chronic health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This trend includes a slightly higher rate of mental health conditions compared to the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 10.6%, followed by arthritis at 9.9% and asthma at 8.7%. While 62.4% of people have no long-term health issues, about 22.3% of the population live with one condition.
10.6%
Higher than 73% 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 Warragamba, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.7% of people in Warragamba need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
5.7% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Warragamba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14176/warragamba/topic/health-disability