16.7%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Palmwoods · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Palmwoods
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 67% of people in Palmwoods report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than the state and national averages, with very few residents requiring daily help or living with chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 16.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This is reflected in mental health rates, where just 5.1% of people report a condition, a figure well below the Australian average.
5.1%
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 Palmwoods, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Palmwoods reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.8%
- 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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13150/palmwoods/topic/health-disability