NSW Health WSLHD Safety & Quality Account 2020-21

About WSLHD

Western Sydney Local Health District is home to a diverse and multicultural community. Over 1.18 million people call western Sydney home, with 50% of residents born overseas and speak a language other than English at home. Our focus as a health district is to help people in western Sydney to live well, stay well and manage well. WSLHD provides a range of primary and secondary healthcare services for people living in the Auburn, Blacktown, The Hills Shire, Holroyd and Parramatta Local Government Areas (LGAs), and tertiary care to residents of the Greater Western Region. The population in WSLHD continues to grow, with highest birth rate in NSW. The population is also aging. It is forecasted from 2016-2026 there will be a 59% increase in people aged 70 years and over, and a 54% increase in people aged 85 years and over (ABS 2016 census).

OUR COMMUNITY

46.8% of WSLHD residents were born overseas 50.3% Speak a language other than English at home-Arabic, Mandarin, Cantonese, Hindi & Koren

Estimated population in 2022 1.18 M (healthstats NSW)

1.5% Percentage of people who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander ABS 2016

We are committed to delivering healthcare to priority groups in our community, including: children, young people and families, people living with a mental illness, older people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with chronic and complex conditions, and people from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Top: Westmead Redbank house Holi festival celebration. Bottom: Outreach Vaccination Clinic NRL Indigenous All Stars game.

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