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Tweed Heads · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Tweed Heads

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

A health gap of over 6 percentage points separates Tweed Heads from the national average, as 34% of residents live with a long-term health condition. This is well above both the state and national figures, marking the area as one where health challenges are much more common than in most other places.

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📍 Tweed Heads, Suburb / Locality

Where Tweed Heads sits — People with a long-term health condition

34.0%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Tweed Heads — higher than 74% of areas.

Tweed Heads34.0%
2485, NSW 34.5%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 13.1% of people. While mental health conditions affect 8.6% of residents, this is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Tweed Heads, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 25%.

None 55.2% One condition 22.5% Two conditions 7.5% Three or more 4.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Tweed Heads — Arthritis leads at 22%, ahead of Other condition (15%) and Mental health (15%).

Arthritis 13.1% Other condition 8.6% Mental health 8.6% Asthma 6.9% Heart disease 6.4% Cancer 4.8% Diabetes 4.2% Lung condition 3.3% Stroke 1.8% Dementia 1.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily life is more challenging for 8.5% of people in Tweed Heads who need help with regular activities. This is a little above the state and national figures of 5.8%, and is much higher than in most other areas.

People needing help with daily activities

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8.5% ▼ -2.0%

Higher than 85% 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 Tweed Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14002/tweed-heads/topic/health-disability