11.3%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rhodes · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rhodes
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people in Rhodes report long-term health issues than in most other areas. Only 11.3% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population with a very high level of general health and wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 3.3% of people have a mental health condition, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, with 83.3% of the population living without a chronic condition.
3.3%
Lower than 83% 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 Rhodes, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 10%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, as only 1.7% of people need help with their day-to-day activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
1.7% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Rhodes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13372/rhodes/topic/health-disability