23.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bandy Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bandy Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Bandy Creek than in the rest of the country. Only 23.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. This creates a profile of a remarkably healthy local population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 8.9% of people, which is about the same as the national figure. For those with long-term health issues, asthma is the most common at 7.6%, followed by arthritis at 5.2%.
8.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Bandy Creek, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much less common here than in most areas. Only 1.6% of residents require this support, a figure well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
1.6% ▲ —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Bandy Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50066/bandy-creek/topic/health-disability