20.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rouse Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rouse Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 20.2% of Rouse Hill residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area much healthier than most other parts of the country. Most people here report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The 20.2% of people with long-term health conditions is well below the New South Wales figure of 27%. Mental health conditions are also a little below the state and national averages, affecting 6.3% of the population.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Rouse Hill, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.8% of people in Rouse Hill need help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia, and is lower than most similar areas.
2.8% ▲ +27.8%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Rouse Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13444/rouse-hill/topic/health-disability