25.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Silverdale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Silverdale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A little fewer than 26% of people live with a long-term health condition in Silverdale, which is lower than the national figure. This community generally reports better health than most other similar areas across the country. Most residents are healthy, with over 67% reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.5% of residents, which is a little below the 8.8% national average. The most common long-term health issues in the area are asthma at 8.6% and arthritis at 7.4%.
6.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Silverdale, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.6% of people in Silverdale need help with their daily activities, a figure that is a little below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
3.6% ▲ +44.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Silverdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13559/silverdale/topic/health-disability