30.7%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mortons Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mortons Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health struggle in Mortons Creek, affecting 12.6% of residents. While a higher share of people here live with long-term health conditions compared to most other areas, relatively few actually require daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. This includes 9.7% with mental health conditions, a rate slightly higher than the state average.
9.7%
Higher than 65% 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 Mortons Creek, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.6% of residents need help with daily activities, which is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
3.6% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Mortons Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12742/mortons-creek/topic/health-disability