21.3%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
The Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in The Rocks
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of over 6 percentage points separates The Rocks from the national figure for long-term health conditions. Very few residents here struggle with chronic illness or disability compared to the rest of the country. Only 21.3% of people report a long-term health condition, making it a remarkably healthy area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower here than in most areas, affecting just 5.1% of residents. Most people in the area have no long-term health issues at all, while asthma is the most common reported condition at 6.2%.
5.1%
Lower than 75% 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 The Rocks, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easy for the vast majority of residents, with only 1.1% needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded across both New South Wales and Australia.
1.1% ▼ -69.5%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 The Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13856/the-rocks/topic/health-disability