32.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oxley Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Oxley Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over a third of residents in Oxley Island live with a long-term health condition. This rate is well above both the state and national figures, marking the area as having a higher health burden than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.4% of people report a long-term health issue, with asthma and arthritis being the most common. While these figures are well above the national average, the 7.5% of people with a mental health condition is about the same as the state average.
7.5%
Lower than 56% 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 Oxley Island, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is much higher than most areas. At 7.2%, this figure is a little above the New South Wales and Australian averages of 5.8%.
7.2% ▲ +43.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 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 Oxley Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13120/oxley-island/topic/health-disability