21.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Buckaroo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Buckaroo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health issues in Buckaroo than in most similar areas. Only 21.7% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the typical Australian community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by only 2.9% of people, a figure well below the 8.8% national average. Among those with long-term conditions, diabetes is the most common at 8.0%, followed by arthritis at 6.5%.
2.9%
Lower than 84% 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 Buckaroo, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the community reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 Buckaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10627/buckaroo/topic/health-disability