22.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Boomerang Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Boomerang Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 69% of people in Boomerang Beach report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with a far lower rate of chronic illness than the state or national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27%. The most common issues reported are other conditions (8.7%) and arthritis (8.0%), while mental health conditions affect 7.3% of the population.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Boomerang Beach, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is a little below the national and state figures of 5.8%, with 4.0% of people in Boomerang Beach requiring such support.
4.0% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 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 Boomerang Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10485/boomerang-beach/topic/health-disability