18.5%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wellington Vale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wellington Vale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of over 9 percentage points separates Wellington Vale from the national average for long-term health conditions. Only 18.5% of people here report a long-term health issue, which is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
People with long-term health conditions are much rarer here than in most areas, with arthritis and asthma being the most common reports. Notably, no one in the area reported a mental health condition, a figure well below the 8.8% national average.
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 Wellington Vale, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is much lower than in most areas, with 0.0% of residents requiring such assistance compared to 5.8% across Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Wellington Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14239/wellington-vale/topic/health-disability