26.2%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hanwood · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Hanwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Hanwood is marked by a high level of wellbeing, with far fewer people reporting long-term health issues than in most similar areas. Only 26.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition here at 10.9%, followed by arthritis at 7.3%. Mental health conditions are reported by 6.4% of residents, which is much lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
6.4%
Lower than 85% 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 Hanwood, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.6% of people in Hanwood need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most areas. This need for assistance has fallen by 1.7 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area a little below the New South Wales average of 5.8%.
3.6% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Hanwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121049/hanwood/topic/health-disability