32.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oxley · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Oxley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Higher rates of long-term illness than most similar areas mark Oxley, where 32.8% of people live with a health condition. This is well above the figures for both the ACT and the rest of Australia. Mental health conditions are particularly common here, affecting 11.2% of residents.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health issues are the most frequent long-term condition at 11.2%, followed by other conditions at 10.7% and arthritis at 9.8%. While 60.7% of people have no long-term health issues, the overall rate of illness is well above the national figure.
11.2%
Higher 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 Oxley, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5% of people in Oxley need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the rates for the ACT and Australia.
5.0% ▲ +74.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Oxley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80105/oxley/topic/health-disability