25.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bossley Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bossley Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people than usual in Bossley Park live with long-term health conditions. While the area reports lower rates of illness than most similar places, there is a striking gap in the number of residents who need help with their daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 5.5%, well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
5.5%
Lower than 73% 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 Bossley Park, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite fewer chronic illnesses, 10.9% of residents need help with daily activities. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and is well above the New South Wales figure of 5.8%.
10.9% ▲ +52.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 Bossley Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10513/bossley-park/topic/health-disability