23.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oatlands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Oatlands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Oatlands than in most other areas, with only 23.4% of residents reporting a chronic condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%. While most people here are healthy, a small number of residents require significant support for daily tasks.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than elsewhere, affecting only 5.3% of people. Overall, 70.6% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.3%
Lower than 74% 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 Oatlands, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little above the national figure of 5.8%, 7.2% of people in Oatlands need some help with their daily activities. This is a much higher proportion than in most similar areas.
7.2% ▲ +78.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Oatlands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13074/oatlands/topic/health-disability