22.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tennyson Point · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tennyson Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Tennyson Point than in most other areas. Only 22.6% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area notably healthier than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 4.1% of residents, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Most people here have no long-term health issues at all, while those who do most commonly report other conditions, asthma, or arthritis.
4.1%
Lower than 79% 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 Tennyson Point, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by only 3.6% of people here, which is a little below the 5.8% recorded across New South Wales and Australia.
3.6% ▲ +68.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Tennyson Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13805/tennyson-point/topic/health-disability