32.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pleasant Hills · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pleasant Hills
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Higher rates of illness than most similar areas mark Pleasant Hills, where 32.3% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health challenges are particularly prominent here, with 15.0% of residents reporting such a condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are among the highest at this level, affecting 15.0% of people, which is well above the 8.8% national average. Other common long-term issues include arthritis at 16.5% and asthma at 8.7%.
15.0%
Higher than 92% 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 Pleasant Hills, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.3% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most areas and slightly above the New South Wales average of 5.8%.
6.3% ▲ +378.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Pleasant Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13240/pleasant-hills/topic/health-disability