35.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Simpkins Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Simpkins Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than a third of people in Simpkins Creek live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average. While asthma is a common issue, the area has very few residents reporting mental health conditions or a need for daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
At 35.7%, the proportion of people with a long-term health condition is much higher than in most areas, with asthma affecting 17.9% of residents. In contrast, 0.0% report a mental health condition, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 8.0%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Simpkins Creek, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 36%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Nobody in the area reports needing help with daily activities, a result that is well below the Australian average of 5.8%.
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 Simpkins Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13563/simpkins-creek/topic/health-disability