27.7%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Murrumbateman · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Murrumbateman
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people now need daily help in Murrumbateman, as this figure fell by 3.4 percentage points since 2011. Today, only 4% of residents require assistance with daily activities. This reflects a generally healthy population where most people report no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is much lower than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure. The most common reported issues are asthma (10.3%) and arthritis (8.3%), while 67.4% of residents have no long-term conditions at all.
8.5%
Lower than 66% 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 Murrumbateman, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4% of people in Murrumbateman need help with daily activities, which is a little below the New South Wales and national figures of 5.8%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 7.5% of the population required such support.
4.0% ▼ -46.1%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Murrumbateman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115108/murrumbateman/topic/health-disability