34.0%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Talbingo · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Talbingo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual live with a long-term health issue in Talbingo, where 34% of residents report a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, meaning health challenges are a more common part of daily life here than in most other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 13.7%, followed by asthma at 9.9%. While chronic illness is more common than in the state, the 7.5% of people with a mental health condition is much lower than most areas.
7.5%
Lower than 75% 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 Talbingo, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily tasks is much more common here than in other similar areas. About 9% of people require this assistance, which is well above the Australian figure of 5.8% and has risen by 3.5 percentage points since 2011.
9.0% ▲ +62.9%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 9.0%
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 Talbingo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122125/talbingo/topic/health-disability