25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Earlwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Earlwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 6.8% of people in Earlwood need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little above the state and national averages. Overall, the area has a healthy profile, with fewer people reporting long-term health or mental health conditions than in most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here than in most areas, affecting 25% of residents. This includes mental health conditions, which are reported by 6% of people—a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
6.0%
Lower than 70% 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 Earlwood, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 6.8% of the population. This is a little above the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
6.8% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
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 Earlwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11346/earlwood/topic/health-disability