22.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Botany · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Botany
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Botany are reporting chronic health issues than in previous years. Only 22.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places across Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 7%, while 6.8% of people have a mental health condition. This mental health rate is a little below the New South Wales figure of 8%. Overall, 70.1% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Botany, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 3.6% of people needing assistance with their everyday activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.6% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Botany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10515/botany/topic/health-disability