17.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rockdale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rockdale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Three quarters of people in Rockdale report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area one of the healthiest of its kind, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness or mental health issues compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here than in most areas, affecting just 4.1% of the population.
4.1%
Lower than 79% 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 Rockdale, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.4% of people in Rockdale need help with their daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
4.4% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Rockdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13394/rockdale/topic/health-disability