32.0%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brookdale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brookdale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher rate of long-term illness defines Brookdale, where 32% of people live with a lasting health condition. This is well above the state and national figures, driven largely by a very high rate of mental health conditions. Despite these struggles, almost no one in the area requires daily assistance to manage their lives.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 16% of people here, a figure well above the New South Wales rate of 8%. Other common long-term issues include lung conditions (12%) and cancer (8%), with 12% of residents living with three or more health conditions.
16.0%
Higher than 94% 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 Brookdale, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Brookdale reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures, which both sit at 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Brookdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10592/brookdale/topic/health-disability