32.1%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bucketty · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bucketty
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the national average of 27.7%, about 32.1% of people in Bucketty live with a long-term health condition. This indicates a community with higher health needs than most similar areas. While over a third of residents manage these conditions, more than half report having no long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common ailments here, while 10.3% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little above the Australian figure of 8.8%. Most people with health issues have only one, though 5.5% of the population live with three or more conditions.
10.3%
Higher than 71% 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 Bucketty, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.5% of people in Bucketty need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
5.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Bucketty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10631/bucketty/topic/health-disability