28.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lake Bathurst · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lake Bathurst
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Lake Bathurst, affecting 12.4% of people. Overall, the area's health profile is fairly typical, with about 28.9% of residents living with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Roughly 28.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions affect 8.3% of residents, a rate about the same as the state and national averages.
8.3%
Higher than 51% 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 Lake Bathurst, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of people in Lake Bathurst need help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.7% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Lake Bathurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12247/lake-bathurst/topic/health-disability