28.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Giants Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Giants Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report mental health struggles in Giants Creek than in the rest of the country. While long-term health conditions affect 28.2% of the population, this is roughly the same as the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by only 4.7% of residents, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Among long-term conditions, arthritis is the most common at 12.1%, followed by heart disease at 7.4%.
4.7%
Lower than 76% 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 Giants Creek, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is rarely needed here, with only 2.0% of people requiring help. This is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 5.8%.
2.0% ▲ —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 Giants Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11616/giants-creek/topic/health-disability