21.6%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sandy Flat · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sandy Flat
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Sandy Flat compared to the rest of the state. Only 21.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. This suggests a population in relatively good health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 5.2% of people, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Among those with health issues, arthritis is the most common at 10.3%, while 66% of the population reports having no long-term conditions at all.
5.2%
Lower than 74% 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 Flat, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Sandy Flat reports needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than the 5.8% of people requiring such assistance across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 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 Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13498/sandy-flat/topic/health-disability