28.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Glebe · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Glebe
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A mental health rate of 12.3% is well above the national figure in Glebe. While most residents report no long-term health issues, a significant number of people here live with chronic conditions. This is particularly true for mental health, which is the most common long-term condition in the area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most other areas, affecting 12.3% of residents. Overall, 28.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%.
12.3%
Higher than 85% 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 Glebe, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.5% of people in Glebe need some help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it remains about the same as the 5.8% recorded for both the state and the nation.
5.5% ▲ +47.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Glebe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11645/glebe/topic/health-disability