19.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Stony Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Stony Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer residents live with long-term health issues in Stony Creek than in most other areas. Only 19.9% of people report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthy population where the majority of people live without chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 3.3% of people, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Among those with health issues, asthma is the most common at 9.9%, while 68.2% of all residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
3.3%
Lower than 82% 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 Stony Creek, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is a little below the Australian average of 5.8% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.0% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Stony Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13683/stony-creek/topic/health-disability