27.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hawkesbury Heights · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hawkesbury Heights
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Similar to most other areas, Hawkesbury Heights has a typical health profile where roughly 28% of residents live with a long-term condition. While general health trends match the state and national figures, there is a noticeably higher rate of mental health conditions here.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.7% of people, which is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 8.8%. Across the community, 27.8% of residents report a long-term health condition, a rate about the same as the New South Wales average.
10.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Hawkesbury Heights, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with 4.3% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
4.3% ▲ +61.3%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Hawkesbury Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11879/hawkesbury-heights/topic/health-disability