27.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bexhill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bexhill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 27.1% of people in Bexhill live with a long-term health condition, a figure that sits right around the state and national averages. Health profiles here are typical for the region, with most residents reporting no chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.1%, followed closely by asthma at 7.8% and arthritis at 7.2%. These rates are about the same as those seen across New South Wales and Australia.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Bexhill, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both the state and the rest of the country.
4.0% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Bexhill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10332/bexhill/topic/health-disability