30.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Crescent Head · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Crescent Head
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual in Crescent Head manage a long-term health condition, affecting 30% of the population. This is well above the state figure and suggests a higher local need for ongoing healthcare and support services.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common long-term health issues, each affecting around 9% of residents. While mental health conditions affect 8.3% of the population, this is about the same as the national figure.
8.3%
Higher than 51% 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 Crescent Head, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.8% of people in Crescent Head need some help with daily activities, which is about the same as the New South Wales and Australian figures.
4.8% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Crescent Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11115/crescent-head/topic/health-disability