26.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sandy Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Zero people in Sandy Creek report needing help with daily activities, a figure well below the state and national averages. While most residents are healthy, a higher than usual share of the population lives with a mental health condition. Overall, the area has a slightly lower rate of long-term health issues than most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 9.5% of residents, which is higher than most areas and a little above the New South Wales figure. Meanwhile, 26.2% of people report a long-term health condition, including cancer (11.9%) and arthritis (7.1%), which is a little below the national average.
9.5%
Higher than 64% 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 Sandy Creek, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 11%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in this area reports needing assistance with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Sandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13496/sandy-creek/topic/health-disability