23.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Whitlow · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Whitlow
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of long-term illness defines Whitlow, where only 23.5% of people live with a health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%, making it a healthier place than most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 15.7%, while mental health conditions affect 7.8% of residents, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Most people here have no long-term health issues at all.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Whitlow, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easy for almost everyone in the area, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both the state and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Whitlow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14295/whitlow/topic/health-disability