24.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Greenwich · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Greenwich
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 70% of people in Greenwich report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or mental health challenges compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.6%, a little below both the state and national averages.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Greenwich, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, with only 2.8% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
2.8% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Greenwich [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11776/greenwich/topic/health-disability