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Gables · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Gables

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Gables than in the rest of the state. Only 17% of residents report a long-term condition, which is a huge gap compared to the New South Wales figure of 27%. This makes it one of the healthiest areas in the region.

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📍 Gables, Suburb / Locality

Where Gables sits — People with a long-term health condition

17.0%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Gables — lower than 90% of areas.

Gables17.0%
2765, NSW 18.2%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are much lower here than in most areas, at 4.5%. The most common long-term health issues reported are asthma (6.6%) and other conditions (6.0%), while 78% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Gables, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 14%.

None 78.0% One condition 13.4% Two conditions 3.1% Three or more 0.5%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Gables splits fairly evenly between Asthma (24%) and Other condition (22%), with Mental health at 17%.

Asthma 6.6% Other condition 6.0% Mental health 4.5% Diabetes 3.4% Arthritis 3.1% Heart disease 1.5% Cancer 1.3% Lung condition 0.3% Stroke 0.2%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 1.8% of people in Gables need help with daily activities, which is well below both the state and national figure of 5.8%.

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 Gables [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11580/gables/topic/health-disability