26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Beryl · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report health issues in Beryl than in most similar areas. Only 26.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 5.1% of people, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Among those with long-term illness, arthritis (10.3%) and heart disease (9.4%) are the most common.
26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
5.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Beryl, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 4.3% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
4.3% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Beryl [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10326/beryl/topic/health-disability