30.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Geurie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Geurie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Managing long-term health is a common part of daily life in Geurie, where 30.7% of people live with a chronic condition. This is well above the New South Wales rate of 27.0%, with arthritis and asthma being the most frequent issues reported.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is higher than most similar areas. Arthritis is the most common at 12.2%, while 8.9% of people live with a mental health condition, a figure about the same as the national average.
8.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Geurie, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.0% of people in Geurie need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
5.0% ▲ +30.4%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Geurie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11612/geurie/topic/health-disability