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Broulee - Tomakin · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Broulee - Tomakin

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health struggle in Broulee - Tomakin, affecting 15.2% of people. This area faces significant health challenges, with 36% of residents living with a long-term condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Broulee - Tomakin, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Broulee - Tomakin sits — People with a long-term health condition

36.0%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Broulee - Tomakin — higher than 89% of areas.

Broulee - Tomakin36.0%
2537, NSW 36.9%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Long-term health issues are much more common here than in most similar areas. While 9.5% of people have a mental health condition—which is about the same as the national figure—the overall rate of long-term illness sits 8.3 percentage points above the Australian average.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Broulee - Tomakin, None is the majority at 61%; One condition is next at 25%.

None 56.2% One condition 23.1% Two conditions 8.3% Three or more 4.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Broulee - Tomakin — Arthritis leads at 24%, ahead of Mental health (15%) and Asthma (13%).

Arthritis 15.2% Mental health 9.5% Asthma 8.4% Other condition 8.1% Heart disease 6.1% Cancer 5.2% Diabetes 4.4% Lung condition 2.5% Stroke 1.6% Dementia 1.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 6.6% of people in Broulee - Tomakin need help with daily activities, which is higher than most areas. This need has risen by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.

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6.6% ▲ +16.0%

Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Broulee - Tomakin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101041021/broulee-tomakin/topic/health-disability