37.5%
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Evans Head · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Evans Head
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for 37.5% of people in Evans Head involves managing a long-term health condition. This is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%, marking the area as having a higher health burden than most other regions. Chronic illness and mental health challenges are more common here than in the wider state or nation.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most reported long-term condition at 15.8%, while 10.7% of residents live with a mental health condition, which is a little above the national figure. More than half of the population report no long-term health issues, though 5.5% manage three or more conditions.
10.7%
Higher than 62% 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 Evans Head, None is the majority at 58%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little more than the national average of 5.8% need help with daily activities here, at 7.2%. This figure has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 7.8%.
7.2% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Evans Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115057/evans-head/topic/health-disability