26.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wirrimbi · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wirrimbi
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report health struggles in Wirrimbi compared to most similar areas. About 26.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Most people here have no long-term health issues, while 10.6% live with arthritis. Mental health conditions affect 7.5% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
7.5%
Lower than 56% 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 Wirrimbi, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.5% of people in Wirrimbi need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages of 5.8%.
2.5% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Wirrimbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14359/wirrimbi/topic/health-disability