22.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Broken Head · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Broken Head
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Broken Head compared to most similar areas. Only 22.3% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The typical resident is healthy, with 65.2% of people reporting no long-term conditions. Those with health issues most commonly report arthritis at 7% and mental health conditions at 6.5%, the latter of which is a little below the Australian figure of 8.8%.
6.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Broken Head, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, as only 2.6% of people need help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.6% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Broken Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10588/broken-head/topic/health-disability