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Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) · Urban Centre

Health & Disability in Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part)

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

More people in Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) live with health challenges than in most similar areas. About 33.4% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health issues are particularly prominent here, with rates significantly higher than both the state and the rest of the country.

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📍 Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part), Urban Centre

Where Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) sits — People with a long-term health condition

33.4%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) — higher than 52% of areas.

Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part)33.4%
2641, NSW 35.4%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 11.9% of people have a mental health condition, a figure well above the Australian average of 8.8%. Other common long-term conditions include arthritis and asthma, both affecting 10.3% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part), None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 58.3% One condition 21.8% Two conditions 7.5% Three or more 4.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Arthritis (18%), with Asthma at 18%.

Mental health 11.9% Arthritis 10.3% Asthma 10.3% Other condition 8.5% Diabetes 5.0% Heart disease 4.8% Cancer 3.5% Lung condition 2.3% Stroke 1.2% Dementia 0.9%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Help with daily activities is needed by 7.2% of residents, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 5.8%. This need has risen by 2.1 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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7.2% ▲ +40.3%

Higher than 61% of urban centre 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 Albury - Wodonga (Albury Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL111001/albury-wodonga/topic/health-disability