29.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Padstow Heights · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Padstow Heights
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual in most similar areas need help with daily activities in Padstow Heights. While many residents are healthy, around 29.3% of the population live with a long-term health condition, which is slightly higher than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are slightly more common here than in New South Wales, with arthritis being the most reported at 10.7%. Mental health conditions affect 7.3% of people, which is a little below the Australian figure of 8.8%.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Padstow Heights, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 7.9% of residents, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 5.8%.
7.9% ▲ +8.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Padstow Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13132/padstow-heights/topic/health-disability