31.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rock Forest · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rock Forest
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition in Rock Forest, where 10.7% of people live with such a condition. This is much higher than most similar areas. Overall, the community faces a higher burden of illness, with 31.5% of residents reporting a long-term health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well above the national figure of 27.7%. Aside from mental health, the most frequent reports include arthritis at 8.7% and asthma at 8.1%. About 20% of people live with one such condition, while 6% have three or more.
10.7%
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 Rock Forest, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is a little below the New South Wales and Australian figure of 5.8%, sitting around the middle for similar areas.
4.0% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Rock Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13392/rock-forest/topic/health-disability