20.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Book Book · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Book Book
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health reports have improved significantly in Book Book, with far fewer people reporting long-term illnesses than in other areas. Only 20.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Chronic illness is much less common here than in most areas, with 53.8% of people reporting no long-term conditions at all. This includes a very low rate of mental health conditions at 3.8%, which is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
3.8%
Lower than 80% 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 Book Book, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Book Book reported needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below the 5.8% typical for New South Wales and the rest of the country.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 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 Book Book [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10474/book-book/topic/health-disability