20.3%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Regents Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Regents Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 73% of residents in Regents Park report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with far fewer people dealing with chronic illness or mental health struggles compared to the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 20.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here at 4.4%, compared to 8.8% across Australia.
4.4%
Lower than 77% 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 Regents Park, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the overall good health of the area, 6.9% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little above the national and state figures of 5.8%.
6.9% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Regents Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13358/regents-park/topic/health-disability