28.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kembla Heights · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kembla Heights
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Kembla Heights is marked by a very low reliance on health support, with no residents reporting a need for help with daily activities. While about 28.4% of people live with a long-term health condition, mental health struggles are far less common here than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 28.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. Mental health conditions are well below the national figure at 4.5%, with asthma and arthritis being the most common reported issues.
4.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Kembla Heights, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Kembla Heights reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia, and is much lower than most similar areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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 Kembla Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12101/kembla-heights/topic/health-disability