30.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Elizabeth Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Elizabeth Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than 30% of residents in Elizabeth Beach live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales rate. This puts the area ahead of both the state and national figures for chronic health issues. While these conditions are more common here, the need for daily assistance remains typical for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 12.7%, followed by mental health at 7.3%. While the overall rate of long-term conditions is higher than the state average, the 7.3% of people with mental health conditions is a little below the national figure.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Elizabeth Beach, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.0% of people in Elizabeth Beach need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both New South Wales and Australia.
5.0% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.0%
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).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Elizabeth Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11399/elizabeth-beach/topic/health-disability