25.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Shannon Vale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Shannon Vale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes in Shannon Vale have remained relatively stable since 2011, though the area now sees more people with mental health conditions than most similar places. While 25.2% of residents live with a long-term health issue, the need for daily physical assistance is very low.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 9.1% of people, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Overall, long-term health conditions are a little below the national figure, with 64.3% of residents reporting no conditions at all.
9.1%
Higher than 60% 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 Shannon Vale, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.1% of people in Shannon Vale need help with their daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia, and is much lower than most other similar areas.
2.1% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
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 Shannon Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13541/shannon-vale/topic/health-disability