16.0%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lynchs Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lynchs Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with a long-term health condition in Lynchs Creek than in the rest of the state. Only 16% of residents report a chronic health issue, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 27%. This makes it one of the healthiest areas of its kind.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health conditions are very low, 8.5% of people have a mental health condition, which is about the same as the national figure. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
8.5%
Higher than 54% 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 Lynchs Creek, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 4.7% of the population, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages of 5.8%.
4.7% ▼ -33.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Lynchs Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12433/lynchs-creek/topic/health-disability