20.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Springfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Springfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly three-quarters of people in Springfield report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other regions, with only 20.6% of residents living with a chronic health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well below the national figure of 27.7%, and no residents reported a mental health condition. For those with a health issue, cancer is the most common at 8.8%, while most of the population reports having no conditions at all.
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 Springfield, None is the majority at 86%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Springfield reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% figure seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 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 Springfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13640/springfield/topic/health-disability