Know the NSW melanoma hotspots
NSW melanoma hotspots
These tables rank the top five regions (local health districts) and top 25 local government areas¹, by melanoma incidence rate
Melanoma hotspots by local health district
- Northern NSW LHD
- Mid North Coast LHD
- Hunter New England LHD
- Central Coast LHD
- Western NSW LHD
Melanoma hotspots by local government area
A local government area represents a specific area within a local health district.
- Ballina
- Lismore
- Richmond Valley
- Clarence Valley
- Byron
- Coffs Harbour
- Sutherland Shire
- Port Macquarie-Hastings
- Tweed
- Bathurst Regional
- Mid-Coast
- Port Stephens
- Kiama
- Kempsey
- Lake Macquarie
- Orange
- Nambucca
- Northern Beaches
- Central Coast
- Maitland
- Wollondilly
- Wingecarribee
- Tamworth Regional
- Newcastle
- Bega Valley
How to reduce your risk of melanoma
95% of melanoma and 99% of non-melanoma skin cancers are caused by overexposure to UV radiation from the sun.
All people in NSW are at risk of melanoma.
There are five easy ways to protect yourself from the sun:
- Stay in the shade where possible
- Wear sun protective clothing
- Wear a broad-brimmed hat
- Wear sunglasses
- Wear sunscreen, and reapply it regularly
Find out what you can do to reduce your skin cancer risk
The NSW Skin Cancer Prevention Strategy is supporting collaborative action on skin cancer prevention. Government and non-government organisations are working together to lessen the impact of skin cancer across NSW.
1. 2020 LGA boundaries.
2. Melanoma incidence, 2018–2022 (2020–2022 are projected figures) sourced from NSW Cancer Registry data. Population data sourced from NSW Health Secure Analytics for Population Health Research and Intelligence, and NSW Department
of Planning and Environment 2022 Population and Dwelling projections.
