26.4%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tyalgum Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tyalgum Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Tyalgum Creek involves a health profile where mental health challenges are more common than in most similar areas. While 26.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, this is slightly lower than the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.9% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and above the 8.8% national figure. Other common long-term conditions include arthritis at 8.5% and cancer at 7.0%.
10.9%
Higher 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 Tyalgum Creek, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is a little less common here than across Australia, with 3.9% of people requiring assistance compared to the national figure of 5.8%.
3.9% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Tyalgum Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14013/tyalgum-creek/topic/health-disability