30.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fordwich · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fordwich
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people live with long-term health issues in Fordwich than in the wider state, though mental health struggles are much less common. About 30% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 14.4%, followed by diabetes and heart disease. Only 3.3% of people report a mental health condition, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
3.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Fordwich, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.4% of people in Fordwich need some help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded across Australia and New South Wales.
4.4% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Fordwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11544/fordwich/topic/health-disability