20.5%
Lower than 90% of state electorate areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lakemba · State Electorate
Health & Disability in Lakemba
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Lakemba than in most similar areas. Only 20.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are among the lowest at this level, affecting 4.7% of people. This is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia, and nearly 70% of local residents report having no long-term health condition at all.
4.7%
Lower than 93% of state electorate 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 Lakemba, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, the 7.4% of people needing help with daily activities is much higher than in most areas. This figure has risen by 3.4 percentage points since 2011 and sits a little above the national rate of 5.8%.
7.4% ▲ +85.7%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Lakemba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10043/lakemba/topic/health-disability