29.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yelgun · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yelgun
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health needs in Yelgun have shifted over the last decade, with 9.1% of people now needing help with daily activities. While long-term health conditions are slightly more common here than in the rest of the country, the area has a very low rate of mental health conditions compared to other regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 29.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas, at just 3.4%, well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
3.4%
Lower than 82% 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 Yelgun, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily tasks is much higher than most areas in Yelgun. At 9.1%, this is well above the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
9.1% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 9.1%
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 Yelgun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14517/yelgun/topic/health-disability