14.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Eastgardens · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Eastgardens
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 77% of people in Eastgardens report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area remarkably healthy, with a tiny fraction of residents dealing with chronic illness or mental health struggles compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 14.1% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend includes mental health conditions, which affect 3.8% of residents—well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
3.8%
Lower than 80% 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 Eastgardens, None is the majority at 84%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Just 2.3% of people in Eastgardens need help with daily activities. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the national rate of 5.8%.
2.3% ▼ -62.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Eastgardens [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11370/eastgardens/topic/health-disability