33.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Beckom · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Beckom
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Beckom live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, marking it as an area with a higher rate of chronic illness than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 33.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, with asthma (11.4%) and arthritis (8.9%) being the most common. Mental health conditions affect 7.3% of the population, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Beckom, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 31%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.4% of people in Beckom need help with their daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both Australia and New South Wales, and lower than most other similar areas.
2.4% ▼ -40.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Beckom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10244/beckom/topic/health-disability