25.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Collaroy · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Collaroy
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Collaroy than in most other Australian areas. Only 25.4% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthier population compared to the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.6% of people here, which is lower than both the state and national figures. Among those with health issues, arthritis (7.2%) and asthma (7.0%) are the most common, while 68.1% of all residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Collaroy, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.6% of people in Collaroy need some help with their daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia, placing the area around the middle for its level compared to similar places.
4.6% ▲ +85.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Collaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10970/collaroy/topic/health-disability