40.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hovells Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hovells Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Forty percent of people in Hovells Creek report a long-term health condition, a figure far above the national average. While chronic health issues are common, other health indicators are remarkably low for the area. This creates a stark contrast between those managing long-term illness and the rest of the community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 40.7% of residents, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. Interestingly, no residents reported having a mental health condition, a result well below both the state and national figures.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Hovells Creek, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 34%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is very uncommon here, with 0.0% of people requiring assistance. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both Australia and New South Wales.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Hovells Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11952/hovells-creek/topic/health-disability