19.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Westbrook · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Westbrook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Better health outcomes have become a key feature of Westbrook, where long-term illness is now far less common than in most other areas. Only 19.9% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Very few people live with chronic illness here, with 70.2% of residents reporting no long-term health conditions at all. Mental health conditions are also much lower than in most areas, affecting only 5.3% of the population.
5.3%
Lower than 74% 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 Westbrook, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for almost everyone in Westbrook, as 0.0% of people report needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Westbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14274/westbrook/topic/health-disability