28.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wooloweyah · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wooloweyah
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Wooloweyah sits around the middle of similar areas for overall health. About 28.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Most people here are healthy, with 63.2% reporting no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 12.9%, followed by asthma at 8.1%. Around 7.9% of people have a mental health condition, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
7.9%
Lower than 52% 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 Wooloweyah, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Wooloweyah need help with daily activities. At 2.4%, this figure is well below the New South Wales and national average of 5.8%.
2.4% ▲ +8.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Wooloweyah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14429/wooloweyah/topic/health-disability