26.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Blakney Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Blakney Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 66.3% of people in Blakney Creek report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than many others, though a higher than average number of residents live with mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 26.1% of people have a long-term health condition—about the same as the state average—mental health issues affect 9.8% of residents, which is a little above the national figure. Arthritis is the most common condition here, affecting 10.9% of the population.
9.8%
Higher than 66% 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 Blakney Creek, None is the majority at 76%; Two conditions is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Blakney Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10403/blakney-creek/topic/health-disability