23.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bar Point · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bar Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Bar Point than in most other areas. Only 23% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend of better-than-average health is seen across both physical and mental wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.6% of the population, a little below the Australian average of 8.8%. Over half of the residents report having no long-term health conditions at all, while the most common issues are arthritis and diabetes.
6.6%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality 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 Bar Point, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more independent here, with only 2.5% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.5% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Bar Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10189/bar-point/topic/health-disability