26.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pearces Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pearces Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people need daily help in Pearces Creek than in most similar areas. While the overall rate of long-term health issues is about the same as the state average, mental health conditions are much more common here than in other regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 11.9% of residents, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Overall, 26.7% of people have a long-term health condition, a figure slightly below the Australian average of 27.7%.
11.9%
Higher than 82% 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 Pearces Creek, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.4% of people need help with daily activities, which is well below the New South Wales and national figures of 5.8%.
1.4% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.4%
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 Pearces Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13181/pearces-creek/topic/health-disability