18.6%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Weemelah · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Weemelah
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of illness than most similar areas define Weemelah, where only 18.6% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%, marking the area as exceptionally healthy overall.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 18.6% of people have a long-term health condition, diabetes (8.1%) and other conditions (10.5%) are the most common. Notably, no one in the area reported a mental health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 8.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Weemelah, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.5% of residents need help with daily activities, a little below the national average of 5.8%.
3.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Weemelah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14230/weemelah/topic/health-disability