36.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Great Mackerel Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Great Mackerel Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of 9 percentage points separates Great Mackerel Beach from the state average for long-term health issues. While 36% of residents live with a long-term condition, the area is sparsely populated and notably few people require daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Health struggles are common here, with 36% of people reporting a long-term condition—well above the national figure of 27.7%. Arthritis is the most frequent issue at 26%, while mental health conditions affect 10% of the population.
10.0%
Higher than 68% 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 Great Mackerel Beach, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, no one in Great Mackerel Beach reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Great Mackerel Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11751/great-mackerel-beach/topic/health-disability