36.6%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hay · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Hay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A significantly higher share of people in Hay live with long-term health issues compared to the rest of the state. About 36.6% of residents report a chronic condition, which is nearly 10 percentage points higher than the New South Wales average. This gap highlights a notable health burden for the community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma and arthritis are the most common long-term conditions here, each affecting 11.8% of people. While 49.5% of residents report no health issues, mental health conditions are slightly more frequent than the state average at 9.6%.
9.6%
Lower than 53% 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 Hay, None is the majority at 57%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 7.0% of people in Hay need help with daily activities, which is a little above the national figure of 5.8%. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when the rate was 8.3%.
7.0% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Hay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115079/hay/topic/health-disability