41.5%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lansdowne · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Lansdowne
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Forty-one point five per cent of people in Lansdowne live with a long-term health condition. This is far above the national figure of 27.7%, marking it as an area where health challenges are much more common than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Health struggles are widespread here, with arthritis (19%) and asthma (13.9%) being the most common issues. Mental health conditions also affect 13.9% of residents, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 8%.
13.9%
Higher than 90% 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 Lansdowne, None is the majority at 53%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more difficult for many locals, as 11.4% of people need help with basic activities. This is well above the national figure of 5.8% and has risen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
11.4% ▲ +28.5%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 11.4%
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 Lansdowne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122077/lansdowne/topic/health-disability