24.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Waverton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Waverton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A low rate of long-term health issues marks Waverton, where 70.5% of residents report having no chronic health conditions. This is well below the national figure, making the area healthier than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian average of 27.7%. Asthma is the most common reported issue at 7.8%, while 7.2% of residents live with a mental health condition, a figure slightly below the national average.
7.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Waverton, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Few people in Waverton require help with daily activities. At 2.9%, this is a little below the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9% ▲ +78.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Waverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14219/waverton/topic/health-disability