23.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Forrest · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Forrest
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term illness in Forrest compared to most other areas. Only 23.3% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are particularly rare here, affecting only 4.3% of people—about half the rate of the state and national averages. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, while 10.1% live with other unspecified conditions and 8.9% have arthritis.
4.3%
Lower than 78% 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 Forrest, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, 5.4% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the rest of Australia.
5.4% ▲ +85.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Forrest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20939/forrest/topic/health-disability