25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Thumb Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Thumb Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A striking 8.3% of people in Thumb Creek need help with daily activities, which is much higher than most areas. While more residents require daily support, the community generally reports fewer long-term health conditions than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 27%. Notably, no one in the area reported a mental health condition, well below the national figure of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Thumb Creek, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for assistance with daily tasks is higher here than in most areas, at 8.3%. This is a little above both the state and national figures of 5.8%.
8.3% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.3%
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 Thumb Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13872/thumb-creek/topic/health-disability