21.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Voyager Point · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Voyager Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Voyager Point compared to the rest of the country. Only 21% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 5.9% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the Australian average of 8.8%. Overall, 75.1% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.9%
Lower than 71% 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 Voyager Point, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is less common here, with only 2.9% of people requiring assistance. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across both New South Wales and Australia.
2.9% ▲ +63.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Voyager Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14097/voyager-point/topic/health-disability