21.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Penshurst · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Penshurst
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Penshurst than in most other areas. Only 21% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is seen across both physical and mental health metrics.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 5.1% of residents, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Most people here are healthy, with 71.8% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
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 Penshurst, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.8% of people in Penshurst need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
4.8% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Penshurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13197/penshurst/topic/health-disability