38.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sailors Gully · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sailors Gully
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health challenges have become more prominent in Sailors Gully, where 38.6% of people now live with a long-term health condition. This is far above the national figure of 27.7% and marks the area as having a much higher rate of chronic illness than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 13.7% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 14.4%, followed by asthma at 10.4%.
13.7%
Higher than 89% 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 Sailors Gully, None is the majority at 57%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A slightly higher proportion of people here need help with daily activities compared to the rest of the country, with 6.9% requiring assistance against a national figure of 5.8%.
6.9% ▲ +86.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Sailors Gully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22224/sailors-gully/topic/health-disability