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Ku-ring-gai · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Ku-ring-gai

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Ku-ring-gai than in most other similar areas. Only 23.3% of residents report a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthier places in the region.

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📍 Ku-ring-gai, State Electorate

Where Ku-ring-gai sits — People with a long-term health condition

23.3%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Ku-ring-gai — lower than 79% of areas.

Ku-ring-gai23.3%
Greater Sydney 23.6%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are reported by 5.5% of people, which is well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Most residents report no long-term health conditions at all, with 72% of the population remaining healthy.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Ku-ring-gai, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.

None 72.0% One condition 17.0% Two conditions 4.5% Three or more 1.8%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Ku-ring-gai splits fairly evenly between Other condition (20%) and Asthma (16%), with Arthritis at 16%.

Other condition 7.7% Asthma 6.4% Arthritis 6.3% Mental health 5.5% Heart disease 4.0% Diabetes 3.4% Cancer 3.1% Dementia 1.2% Lung condition 0.9% Stroke 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 4.8% of people in Ku-ring-gai need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages. This is a positive trend, as the need for assistance fell 2.2 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.8% ▼ -31.7%

Lower than 69% of state electorate areas.

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 Ku-ring-gai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10041/ku-ring-gai/topic/health-disability