36.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brassall · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brassall
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term health issues than most similar areas mark Brassall, where 36.4% of people live with a lasting condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, with mental health and asthma being the most common reports.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 14.4% of people have a mental health condition, a figure that is among the highest for this type of area and well above the 8.8% national average. Most residents have no long-term health conditions, but 23.1% live with one.
14.4%
Higher than 90% 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 Brassall, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 8.5% of the population, which is much higher than in most similar areas and a little above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
8.5% ▲ +39.1%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 8.5%
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 Brassall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30362/brassall/topic/health-disability