25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Peel · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Peel
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over two-thirds of people in Peel report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most, with only 25.8% of residents living with a chronic health issue, which is a little below the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 9.0%, followed by mental health (8.6%) and asthma (8.2%). While mental health reports are about the same as the state and national figures, overall chronic illness is lower than in most areas.
8.6%
Higher than 55% 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 Peel, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.3% of residents need help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia, and lower than most similar areas.
2.3% ▼ -46.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Peel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13185/peel/topic/health-disability