20.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bugaldie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bugaldie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 20.4% of people in Bugaldie live with a long-term health condition, a figure well below the national average. This suggests a population with a notably lower burden of chronic illness compared to most other Australian areas. Residents here generally report better health outcomes than both the state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 9.9%, while 6.2% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little below the Australian figure. Overall, 41.4% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
6.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Bugaldie, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, with only 3.7% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
3.7% ▼ -41.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Bugaldie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10643/bugaldie/topic/health-disability