28.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Summer Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Summer Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Summer Hill than in most other areas, affecting 12.3% of residents. This is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Overall, about 28% of the community lives with a long-term health condition, which is roughly in line with the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition here at 12.3%, followed by other conditions at 9.9% and asthma at 8.6%. Most people have no long-term health issues, while 21% of residents live with one condition.
12.3%
Higher than 85% 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 Summer Hill, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.7% of people in Summer Hill need some help with their daily activities. This is a little below the state and national figures of 5.8%.
4.7% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Summer Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13702/summer-hill/topic/health-disability