23.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Surry Hills · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Surry Hills
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health is the most common long-term health issue in Surry Hills, where 10.4% of people live with such a condition. This is a little above the national figure, yet the area is overall much healthier than most other places. Only 23% of residents report any long-term health condition, which is well below the same figure for Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While mental health conditions are more common here than in most areas, overall long-term health issues are much lower than the state average. Most residents have no long-term conditions at all, with 67.7% of the population reporting they are healthy.
10.4%
Higher than 72% 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 Surry Hills, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of people in Surry Hills need help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
3.7% ▲ +0.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Surry Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13714/surry-hills/topic/health-disability