32.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Leeton · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Leeton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over five percentage points more people in Leeton live with a long-term health condition than the New South Wales average. This gap is a key feature of the area's health profile, with 32.4% of residents managing ongoing health issues. These figures are well above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition here, affecting 11.6% of people, followed by mental health at 10.1% and arthritis at 9.9%. The rate of mental health conditions is a little above the figures for both the state and the nation.
10.1%
Higher than 54% of urban centre 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 Leeton, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is more challenging for residents here than in most other areas. Those needing help with daily activities make up 7.1% of the population, a figure that has risen by 1.1 percentage points since 2011.
7.1% ▲ +18.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Leeton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114016/leeton/topic/health-disability