Catchment Atlas · Vol. SNHN

Sydney North Health Network.

Nine LGAs along the harbour-and-bushland spine. 931,439 people. The data layer for commissioning care across the catchment — built from Census, ABS, AIHW, ACARA, DSS and ATO sources, refreshed on cadence.

Edition Vol. I
Updated 2026-05-12
Build snhn.0.2
Population · 2021
931,439
+0.77% p.a. ERP 2024
Median age
41 yrs
National 2021: 38 · weighted across SA2
Aged 65+
17.6 % share
ERP 2024 · catchment-weighted
SEIFA average
10 decile
All 9 LGAs · IRSD score 1055–1110
Income-support recipients
80,625
Age pension + DSP + carer + jobseeker
LGAs
9
Mosman → Hornsby
§ 01 · The variance behind the average

Decile 10 everywhere — and 56,100 age pensioners.

Every one of SNHN's nine LGAs sits in IRSD decile 10 nationally. The disadvantage frame doesn't fit. The planning frame that does fit is ageing and care load — 56,100 age pensioners and 10,790 on the DSP, with the share aged 65+ ranging from 12.4% (Lane Cove, Ryde) to 18.3% (Mosman).

All nine LGAs at decile 10. Yet within that decile, IRSD raw scores still span 55 points — from Ryde (1055) to Mosman (1110). Treat the catchment as uniform and you'll miss where care need actually clusters — in the older corners (Mosman, Hunters Hill) and the lower-IRSD corners (Ryde, Willoughby).

Source · ABS SEIFA 2021 · 9 LGAs · IRSD raw score range 1055–1110
Distribution
IRSD raw score · per LGA · 2021
Ryde · 1055 Mosman · 1110
§ 02 · A social profile

Behind the demographics. Where care need actually clusters.

SA2-level Census aggregated to SNHN's nine LGAs via the ABS concordance. Counts are overlap-weighted sums; medians are population-weighted across contributing SA2s.

Census 2021 · 896,631 usual residents
No. 01 · Cultural mosaic

39.2% born overseas

31.0% speak a language other than English at home — a major CALD signal for service design. Indigenous share is 0.48%, below the national rate.

No. 02 · Education

83.0% completed Year 12

Of adults reporting highest year completed. 53,939 currently in university — proxy for a knowledge-economy catchment.

No. 03 · Housing

A$588/wk median rent

Dwelling mix: 50.7% houses · 39.6% apartments · 9.2% semi-detached. Median mortgage A$3,079/mo.

No. 04 · Work & income

A$2,639/wk median household

Personal median A$1,143/wk. Unemployment 3.9% — well below the national rate.

§ 03 · Care need · AIHW

The clinical picture AIHW measures.

SNHN's catchment seen through Australian Institute of Health & Welfare PHN-performance indicators — the data that directly maps to commissioning priorities. Mental-health service indicators load in a separate ETL; cancer screening and ED/admissions via Northern Sydney LHN are next.

34 indicators

Childhood immunisation

AIHW · AIR (2024-Q4)
Fully immunised · 1-year-olds
94.3%
Fully immunised · 2-year-olds
92.7%
Fully immunised · 5-year-olds
93.9%
Fully immunised · 1yr · First NationsFirst Nations
87.9%
Fully immunised · 2yr · First NationsFirst Nations
87.3%
Fully immunised · 5yr · First NationsFirst Nations
86.2%

A 7.8 pp First Nations gap at 5-year-olds — fully-immunised rate 86.15% vs 93.91% overall.

Hospital activity

AIHW MyHospitals · Northern Sydney LHN · 2024-25 (with National benchmarks)
ED presentations · all categories
2.52% of National
229,020
Depart ED within 4 hrs · all
-2.0pp vs National 53%
51.0%
Seen on time · urgent triage
+7.0pp vs National 61%
68.0%
Medical admissions · emergency
55,972
Surgical admissions · emergency
11,230
Mental health admissions
4,596

On urgent-triage performance SNHN runs +7pp ahead of National (68% vs 61%) — but 4-hour ED throughput trails by 2pp.

Alcohol & Other Drugs treatment

AIHW · AODTS-NMDS (2023-24)
5-yr trend2019-20 → 2023-24 ↓ 7%
Total treatment episodes
2,941rate/10k
Counselling
1,502rate/10k
Withdrawal management
473rate/10k
Rehabilitation
223rate/10k
Drug · Alcohol
1,596rate/10k
Drug · Amphetamines
422rate/10k
Drug · Cannabis
384rate/10k
Drug · Nicotine
28.9rate/10k

Treatment episodes peaked at 3,437 in 2020-21 — pandemic-era — and have since settled 14% lower.

Potentially preventable hospitalisations

AIHW · PPH (2023-24)
Total PPH rate
2,219per 100k
Acute conditions
1,152per 100k
Chronic conditions
846per 100k
Vaccine-preventable
250per 100k

Vaccine-preventable PPH at 250/100k vs 2,219/100k total — the largest single lever.

General-practice quality (PIP QI)

AIHW · PIP QI (2025-Q3)
Smoking status recorded
70.4%
Alcohol consumption recorded
63.8%
CVD risk factors recorded
59.3%
Influenza imm · 65+
57.6%
Influenza imm · COPD
63.8%
Influenza imm · diabetes
50.1%
Diabetes · HbA1c recorded
49.6%
Diabetes · BP recorded
50.8%
Cervical screening up-to-date
49.3%
BMI recorded
19.8%

BMI recorded in only 19.8% of practices — lowest of all indicators. HbA1c and BP sit near 50%.

§ 04 · The toolkit

Six tools, one catchment.

Every dataset modelled to SNHN's boundaries. Open a tool to drill from network down to SA1.

4 live · 2 in build
№ 01 Live

Population & Ageing

ABS ERP age × sex per LGA — 2024 latest. 17.6% aged 65+ across the catchment.

ABS ERP · 2024 Open →
№ 02 Live

Disadvantage

IRSD/IRSAD/IER/IEO at LGA level. All 9 SNHN LGAs at decile 10 — variance is in the raw scores (1055–1110).

SEIFA + DSS · 2021 Open →
№ 03 Live

Schools & Child Health

268 schools, 153,466 enrolments in catchment. ACARA latest with ICSEA, sector, LBOTE %.

ACARA · DET Open →
№ 04 Live

Health Workforce

397,804 ABN-registered businesses in catchment; 46,650 new in last 12 months. Health-sector filter TBC.

ABN Registry · 2026 Open →
№ 05 In build

Transport Access

TfNSW GTFS stops, route frequency, distance-to-care isochrones. Catchment-code mapping in progress.

TfNSW · GTFS Soon
№ 06 In build

Housing & Affordability

Rents, sales, and affordability across the catchment — a determinant your team can plan against.

DCJ · VG · CoreLogic Soon
№ 07 Live

Mental Health & Suicide

176,415 modelled MH cases (18.9% prev.). 100,782 service-need gap — 61% concentrated in the three hub LGAs (Hornsby, Ryde, Northern Beaches).

NMHSPF · AIHW · MBS Open →
§ 05 · The catchment, by LGA

Nine local government areas. Not one story.

Choose a metric below — population, ageing, CALD, income, care load. Click any LGA for the full dossier.

9 LGAs · 931,439 people · ERP 2024

Quick reads:

Population · catchment map
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Scroll to zoom · drag to pan · click for detail · double-click to focus · toggle SA2 for sub-LGA detail

# Local Government Area Population Value

Click any LGA for the full dossier — population structure, social profile, economic, care load, schools, businesses. Press Esc to close.

§ 06 · Methodology

Where this comes from.

Every figure is sourced, dated and reproducible. Catchment defined by the Department of Health's PHN boundary, mapped at SA1 from the ABS 2021 Geographic Standard.

ABS
Census 2021 · G01–G45 by SA1
Snapshot 2026-05-12
ABS
SEIFA 2021 · SA1 deciles
Snapshot 2026-05-12
ACARA
School Profile + Location
Annual · 2025
ATO
ABN Bulk Extract
Weekly
TfNSW
GTFS feed · timetabled stops
Coming Q3 2026
DCJ NSW
Rent & Sales reports
Coming Q3 2026
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