26.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Forest Reefs · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Forest Reefs
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Lower rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Forest Reefs. Around 26.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here than in most areas, with 62.4% of people reporting none. Mental health is the most frequent condition at 8.6%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
8.6%
Higher than 54% 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 Forest Reefs, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Few residents require help with daily activities, at just 2.8%. This is lower than most similar areas and a little below the 5.8% seen across both the state and the nation.
2.8% ▼ -18.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Forest Reefs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11550/forest-reefs/topic/health-disability