17.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Chatswood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Chatswood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Just 17.5% of people in Chatswood report a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it one of the healthiest areas compared to similar places, with the vast majority of residents reporting no chronic health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also well below the national figure at 4.3%. Most of the long-term conditions reported are other general health issues (6.8%) or asthma (4.6%), while 77.1% of residents have no long-term conditions at all.
4.3%
Lower than 78% 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 Chatswood, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Those needing help with daily activities make up 4.1% of the population, which is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.1% ▲ +15.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Chatswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10891/chatswood/topic/health-disability