Byron Bay · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Byron Bay

Name: Health & Disability in Byron Bay — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Roughly 65.7% of people in Byron Bay report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area notably healthier than most others, with far fewer residents living with chronic health issues compared to the state and national figures.

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📍 Byron Bay, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 22.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most common reported condition at 7.4%, which is about the same as the New South Wales average.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Byron Bay, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 65.7% One condition 16.5% Two conditions 4.2% Three or more 1.5%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Byron Bay splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Other condition (19%), with Arthritis at 17%.

Mental health 7.4% Other condition 6.8% Arthritis 6.1% Asthma 6.0% Heart disease 2.8% Cancer 2.4% Diabetes 1.9% Lung condition 1.7% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

A little fewer people in Byron Bay need help with daily activities than in the rest of the country, with 4.1% of the population requiring such support.

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 Byron Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10731/byron-bay/topic/health-disability

Where Byron Bay sits — People with a long-term health condition