30.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Safety Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Safety Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Safety Beach, affecting 12.8% of residents. While most people here have no long-term health conditions, about 30.3% of the population lives with one, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.3% of people have a long-term health condition, a figure a little above the national average. Mental health conditions affect 7.9% of residents, which is about the same as the rates seen across Australia and New South Wales.
7.9%
Lower than 52% 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 Safety Beach, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Help with daily activities is needed by 4.4% of the population. This is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both the state and the nation.
4.4% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 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 Safety Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13477/safety-beach/topic/health-disability