25.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yowie Bay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yowie Bay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Yowie Bay than in most similar areas. Only 25.9% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is particularly clear for mental health, where rates are well below the Australian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect only 5% of residents, a figure that is much lower than most areas. Overall, 69.2% of people report no long-term health conditions, while arthritis is the most common ailment at 9%.
5.0%
Lower 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 Yowie Bay, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.3% of the population. This is a little below the New South Wales and national figures of 5.8%.
4.3% ▲ +45.7%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Yowie Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14537/yowie-bay/topic/health-disability