20.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fernbrook · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fernbrook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A noticeably healthier profile has emerged in Fernbrook, where only 20.6% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7% and suggests a population with fewer chronic health burdens than most other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 2.3% of residents report a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Long-term health issues are rare here, with 66.4% of people reporting no conditions at all; for those who do, arthritis is the most common at 9.2%.
2.3%
Lower than 87% 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 Fernbrook, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 11%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Just 2.3% of people in Fernbrook need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the New South Wales and Australian averages of 5.8%.
2.3% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 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 Fernbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11509/fernbrook/topic/health-disability