53.6%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Urana · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Urana
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of all residents in Urana have a long-term health condition. This is far above the national figure and marks the area as having one of the highest rates of chronic illness among similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 27.4%, followed by asthma at 19%. Mental health conditions affect 12.5% of people, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 8%.
12.5%
Higher than 82% 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 Urana, the largest group is None at 40%, followed by One condition (31%) and Three or more (15%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A huge 17.7% of people in Urana now need help with daily activities, a figure that has risen 18 points since 2011. This is far above the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
17.7% ▲ —
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 17.7%
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 Urana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122146/urana/topic/health-disability