25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pipeclay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pipeclay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of daily assistance needs define Pipeclay, where 8.8% of people require help with everyday tasks. While overall long-term health issues are a little below the national figure, mental health challenges are notably more common here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.8% of residents, which is a little above the national figure. Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 12.7%, though 54.9% of people report having no long-term conditions at all.
10.8%
Higher 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 Pipeclay, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 8.8% of the population, a figure that is well above the New South Wales and Australian averages of 5.8%.
8.8% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 8.8%
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 Pipeclay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13236/pipeclay/topic/health-disability