32.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rye · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rye
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Rye now live with a long-term health condition than in previous years. This trend is clear in the 2021 data, where 32.9% of residents report a chronic health issue, a figure well above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are more common here than in most areas, with arthritis (12.2%) and mental health (9.8%) being the most reported. Mental health conditions specifically are a little above the national figure of 8.8%.
9.8%
Higher than 66% 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 Rye, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.7% of people in Rye need help with daily activities, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.7% ▲ +46.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Rye [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22220/rye/topic/health-disability