17.4%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gledswood Hills · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gledswood Hills
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Gledswood Hills than in most similar areas. Only 17.4% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthiest in the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also well below the state and national figures, affecting just 4.8% of people. Among those with health issues, asthma is the most common at 6.7%, while 77.3% of all residents report having no long-term conditions at all.
4.8%
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 Gledswood Hills, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with only 2.7% of people needing help with their daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Gledswood Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11646/gledswood-hills/topic/health-disability