26.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hornsby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hornsby Heights
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 3.5% of people in Hornsby Heights need help with daily activities, which is lower than most similar areas. This reflects a generally healthy profile for the suburb, where the typical resident is less likely to live with a long-term health condition than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure slightly lower than the Australian average. The most common reported issues are other conditions, asthma, and arthritis, while 68.7% of people report having no long-term health problems at all.
7.6%
Lower than 56% 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 Hornsby Heights, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Fewer people in Hornsby Heights need help with daily activities compared to both the state and national figures, which sit at 5.8%.
3.5% ▲ +57.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Hornsby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11944/hornsby-heights/topic/health-disability