40.4%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hawks Nest · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hawks Nest
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher rate of long-term health issues than the national average marks the current health profile of Hawks Nest. Around 40.4% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is much more common here than in the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 15.9%, while 9.4% of people live with a mental health condition. This level of mental health struggle is higher than in most other similar areas.
9.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Hawks Nest, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is more challenging for residents here, with 9.7% needing help with daily activities. This is well above the 5.8% figure recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
9.7% ▲ +18.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Hawks Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11880/hawks-nest/topic/health-disability