36.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rocky Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rocky Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Twenty per cent of people in Rocky Creek have a mental health condition, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a broader trend in the area where long-term health issues are much more common than in most other places, affecting 36% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well above the state and national figures, with 36% of people affected. Arthritis and mental health are the most common issues, each reported by 20% of residents, followed by asthma, cancer, and heart disease at 12% each.
20.0%
Higher than 99% 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 Rocky Creek, None is the majority at 65%; Two conditions is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than most other areas, as well as the New South Wales and Australian figures of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Rocky Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13399/rocky-creek/topic/health-disability