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Health & Disability in Sydney Olympic Park

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

A massive 15 percentage point gap separates Sydney Olympic Park from the national average for long-term health issues. Only 12.3% of people here report a long-term condition, making it one of the healthiest areas in the region. This low rate of illness is reflected across both physical and mental health figures.

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📍 Sydney Olympic Park, Suburb / Locality

Where Sydney Olympic Park sits — People with a long-term health condition

12.3%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Sydney Olympic Park — lower than 96% of areas.

Sydney Olympic Park12.3%
2127, NSW 14.3%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Just 4.5% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 8.8%. Most people here report no long-term health issues at all, with 79.7% of the population reporting none.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Sydney Olympic Park, None is the majority at 87%; One condition is next at 11%.

None 79.7% One condition 10.1% Two conditions 1.8% Three or more 0.4%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Sydney Olympic Park splits fairly evenly between Other condition (24%) and Mental health (23%), with Asthma at 23%.

Other condition 4.5% Mental health 4.5% Asthma 4.4% Diabetes 2.1% Arthritis 1.5% Heart disease 1.1% Cancer 0.7% Lung condition 0.2% Stroke 0.1% Dementia 0.1%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Need for help with daily activities is very low in Sydney Olympic Park. At 1.5%, this is well below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia, and much lower than most similar areas.

People needing help with daily activities

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1.5% ▲ —

Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Sydney Olympic Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13731/sydney-olympic-park/topic/health-disability