36.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Girards Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Girards Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are particularly common in Girards Hill, where 15.6% of people live with such a condition. This is among the highest rates for any similar area, contributing to a broader trend where residents are much more likely to manage long-term health issues than those in the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 36.6% of residents, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. Mental health is the most reported issue at 15.6%, followed by asthma at 11.0% and arthritis at 9.9%.
15.6%
Higher than 93% 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 Girards Hill, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily activities require help for 7.1% of people here. This is a little above the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia, and is much higher than most similar areas.
7.1% ▲ +15.1%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Girards Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11635/girards-hill/topic/health-disability