27.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bourkelands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bourkelands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 27.8% of people in Bourkelands live with a long-term health condition. This rate is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. Most residents are healthy, with 66.3% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue affecting 10.4% of people, followed by mental health conditions at 8.4%. This mental health rate is about the same as the state and national figures.
8.4%
Higher than 53% 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 Bourkelands, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.2% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and the rest of Australia.
4.2% ▲ +156.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Bourkelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10521/bourkelands/topic/health-disability