32.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yowrie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yowrie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than a third of people in Yowrie live with a long-term health condition, creating a significant need for ongoing health management. The area sees much higher rates of chronic illness compared to the rest of the state and the nation. This trend is seen across both physical and mental health challenges.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes mental health conditions, affecting 10.4% of people, which is a little above the Australian average.
10.4%
Higher than 72% 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 Yowrie, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is manageable for most, with 4.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Yowrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14538/yowrie/topic/health-disability