26.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dry Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dry Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer residents live with long-term health issues in Dry Creek compared to most similar areas. The community reports very low rates of mental health conditions and daily assistance needs, with 74% of people reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. Asthma is the most common reported issue at 14%, while mental health conditions are well below the New South Wales rate of 8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Dry Creek, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Dry Creek reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state and national average of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
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).
More for Dry Creek
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Dry Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11297/dry-creek/topic/health-disability