33.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rushes Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rushes Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health challenges have become more prominent in Rushes Creek, where 33.7% of people now live with a long-term health condition. This rate is well above the national figure of 27.7%, marking the area as having a higher burden of chronic illness than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Lung conditions are the most common long-term illness here at 11.2%, followed by arthritis and diabetes at 9.2% each. While mental health conditions affect 8.2% of the population, this is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
8.2%
Higher than 50% 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 Rushes Creek, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
More people in Rushes Creek need help with daily activities than in most other areas. At 7.1%, this is a little above the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
7.1% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
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 Rushes Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13460/rushes-creek/topic/health-disability