31.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sleepy Hollow · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sleepy Hollow
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Sleepy Hollow, affecting 9.8% of the population. While mental health conditions are less common here than in most areas, overall health struggles are more frequent, with 31.7% of residents living with a long-term condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well above the national figure of 27.7%, though most residents—58.5%—report having none. Mental health conditions affect 6.5% of people, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 8.0%.
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 Sleepy Hollow, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily activities require help for 8.1% of people, a figure that is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the Australian average of 5.8%.
8.1% —
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Sleepy Hollow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13572/sleepy-hollow/topic/health-disability