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Harris Park · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Harris Park

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Only 12.8% of people in Harris Park live with a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure. This makes Harris Park one of the healthiest areas of its kind, with a very small number of residents reporting chronic illness or mental health struggles.

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📍 Harris Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Harris Park sits — People with a long-term health condition

12.8%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Harris Park — lower than 96% of areas.

Harris Park12.8%
2150, NSW 13.3%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are reported by just 3.7% of residents, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Most people here have no long-term health issues, with 78.8% of the population reporting no conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Harris Park, None is the majority at 86%; One condition is next at 10%.

None 78.8% One condition 9.1% Two conditions 2.5% Three or more 1.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Harris Park — Other condition leads at 21%, ahead of Mental health (16%) and Diabetes (16%).

Other condition 4.9% Mental health 3.7% Diabetes 3.6% Arthritis 3.4% Asthma 3.2% Heart disease 1.6% Cancer 1.1% Dementia 0.7% Lung condition 0.5% Stroke 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 4.4% of people need some help with daily activities, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.4% ▲ +16.8%

Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Harris Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11867/harris-park/topic/health-disability