23.1%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Baulkham Hills · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Baulkham Hills
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Baulkham Hills compared to the rest of the country. Only 23.1% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population with a notably high level of general wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A tiny 5.8% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the New South Wales figure. Most residents are healthy, with 72.5% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
5.8%
Lower than 72% 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 Baulkham Hills, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.7% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia and is around the middle for similar areas.
4.7% ▲ +58.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Baulkham Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10233/baulkham-hills/topic/health-disability