23.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Upper Horseshoe Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Upper Horseshoe Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of long-term health conditions marks Upper Horseshoe Creek, where only 23.7% of people report a chronic illness. This is well below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. While overall health is better than in most areas, mental health challenges are more common here.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The typical resident is healthy, with 60.2% reporting no long-term conditions. However, 9.3% of people have a mental health condition, which is higher than most areas and slightly above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%. Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue, affecting 10.2% of the population.
9.3%
Higher than 62% 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 Upper Horseshoe Creek, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people in the area need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% reported across Australia and New South Wales.
5.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Upper Horseshoe Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14046/upper-horseshoe-creek/topic/health-disability