20.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Collaroy Plateau · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Collaroy Plateau
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly three quarters of people in Collaroy Plateau report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other regions, with a far lower rate of chronic illness than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. This includes a mental health rate of 5.3%, which is also much lower than most other areas.
5.3%
Lower than 74% 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 Plateau, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is required by only 2.9% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both Australia and New South Wales.
2.9% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL10971/collaroy-plateau/topic/health-disability