37.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Joes Box · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Joes Box
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Joes Box, where 37.5% of residents live with a chronic health condition. This figure is well above the national average, though interestingly, no residents reported a mental health condition in the latest census.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 37.5% of people have a long-term health condition—far above the New South Wales figure of 27%—the most common issue is 'other' conditions. No one in the area reported having asthma, arthritis, cancer or dementia.
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 Joes Box, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 38%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
One in eight people (12.5%) in Joes Box need help with daily activities. This is among the highest rates for similar areas and well above the Australian figure of 5.8%.
12.5% —
Higher than 95% 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 Joes Box [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12045/joes-box/topic/health-disability