11.1%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Silverwater · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Silverwater
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower rate of long-term illness than the state average defines Silverwater, where only 11.1% of people report a chronic health condition. This is 16 percentage points below the New South Wales figure, marking it as one of the healthiest areas at this level.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Just 2.5% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 3.6%, while nearly half of the population reports having no health conditions at all.
2.5%
Lower than 86% 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 Silverwater, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.7% of people in Silverwater need help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and sits well below the 5.8% seen across Australia and New South Wales.
1.7% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Silverwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13562/silverwater/topic/health-disability