20.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bohena Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bohena Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health struggles in Bohena Creek than in other similar areas. Only 20.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a remarkably healthy community compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are especially rare here at 2.8%, well below the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 8.4%, while nearly half of all residents report having no health conditions at all.
2.8%
Lower than 85% 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 Bohena Creek, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is manageable for most, with only 1.4% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
1.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Bohena Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10443/bohena-creek/topic/health-disability