17.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Myrtle Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Myrtle Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 78% of people in Myrtle Park report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area is much healthier than most other places, with far fewer people living with chronic illness compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Diabetes is the most common condition at 13.7%, while mental health issues affect 7.8% of people, a rate about the same as the state and national figures.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Myrtle Park, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Myrtle Park reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.8%
- 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 Myrtle Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12892/myrtle-park/topic/health-disability