35.4%
Higher than 63% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Medlow Bath · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Medlow Bath
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the national figure, 35.4% of people in Medlow Bath live with a long-term health condition. This high rate of illness is a key feature of the area's health profile, which also sees a higher than usual number of residents with mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 11.7%, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Other common conditions include arthritis (9.9%) and asthma (8.1%), while 59.5% of residents report having no long-term health issues.
11.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Medlow Bath, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.3% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This is a little below the national average, though the proportion of people needing help rose 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
4.3% ▲ +27.1%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Medlow Bath [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121074/medlow-bath/topic/health-disability