31.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bredbo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bredbo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A significantly higher share of people live with long-term health issues in Bredbo compared to the rest of the state. Roughly 31.9% of residents have a chronic condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%. This gap is most evident in mental health, where local rates are much higher than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 11.2% of residents, a figure well above the state average. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 11.5% and arthritis at 10.7%, while 55.1% of the population reports having no long-term health issues.
11.2%
Higher than 78% 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 Bredbo, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people in Bredbo need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
5.4% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Bredbo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10556/bredbo/topic/health-disability