26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Stonequarry · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Stonequarry
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in ten people in Stonequarry need help with daily activities, a rate well above the national figure. While general long-term health issues are slightly less common than elsewhere, the area faces a significant challenge with mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 11.8% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and well above the NSW figure of 8.0%. Other common long-term conditions include arthritis at 14.7% and asthma at 11.8%.
11.8%
Higher than 81% 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 Stonequarry, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 33%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 11.8% of residents, a figure that is among the highest for areas of this type and well above the Australian average of 5.8%.
11.8% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 11.8%
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 Stonequarry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13681/stonequarry/topic/health-disability