42.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fishermans Reach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fishermans Reach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than four in ten people in Fishermans Reach live with a long-term health condition, a figure far above the national average. This high rate of illness is most evident in the community's mental health struggles, which are among the highest for areas of this size.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 42.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 27%. Mental health conditions are particularly common at 18.8%, well above the Australian average of 8.8%.
18.8%
Higher 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 Fishermans Reach, the largest group is None at 48%, followed by One condition (29%) and Two conditions (14%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 6.3% of the population, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national rate of 5.8%.
6.3% ▼ -25.8%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Fishermans Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11527/fishermans-reach/topic/health-disability