28.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Palm Grove · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Palm Grove
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 28.7% of people in Palm Grove live with a long-term health condition, which is slightly higher than the New South Wales figure. Most residents are healthy, with 70.1% reporting no long-term conditions at all. Overall, health and disability levels here are fairly typical for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition affecting 17.2% of residents. While 8.0% of people report a mental health condition, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
8.0%
Lower than 51% 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 Palm Grove, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 4.6% of the population, which is a little below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
4.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Palm Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13144/palm-grove/topic/health-disability