27.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yetholme · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yetholme
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of people in Yetholme report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area is generally healthy, with 55.6% of residents living without a chronic illness. Most of those who do have a health issue report only one condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures. This includes 10.4% with other conditions and 9.5% with arthritis. Mental health conditions affect 6.6% of the population, which is a little below the state and national rates.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Yetholme, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher proportion of people in Yetholme need help with daily activities compared to most other areas. At 6.6%, this figure is about the same as the rates across New South Wales and Australia.
6.6% ▼ -5.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Yetholme [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14531/yetholme/topic/health-disability