30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bowning · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bowning
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Bowning sits around the middle of similar areas for health and disability. About 30.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%. This includes a higher than usual number of people living with mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 9.5% of people, a rate higher than most areas. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 11.3%, followed by asthma at 9.9%.
9.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Bowning, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.5% of people in Bowning need help with daily activities, which is a little below the national and state figure of 5.8%.
4.5% ▲ +115.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Bowning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10533/bowning/topic/health-disability