Canada Bay · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Canada Bay

Name: Health & Disability in Canada 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.

About 69% of people in Canada Bay have no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most, with a lower share of residents living with chronic illness than the state and national figures.

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Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 25.9% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 27%. Mental health conditions affect 7.2% of the population, a rate slightly lower than the Australian average of 8.8%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Canada Bay, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 69.0% One condition 20.0% Two conditions 4.3% Three or more 2.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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

Other condition 7.9% Arthritis 7.2% Mental health 7.2% Asthma 6.9% Diabetes 4.7% Heart disease 4.1% Cancer 2.1% Stroke 1.2% Lung condition 0.9% Dementia 0.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

People needing help with daily activities make up 4.4% of the population. This is a little below both the state and national figures of 5.8%.

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 Canada Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10784/canada-bay/topic/health-disability

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