21.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Jervis Bay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Jervis Bay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Jervis Bay than in most similar areas. While only 21.6% of residents have a chronic illness—well below the national figure of 27.7%—a higher proportion deal with mental health challenges.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are more common here than in most areas, affecting 9.4% of people, which is well above the 3.9% figure for other territories. Diabetes is the most reported long-term condition at 10.3%, while 43.9% of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
9.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Jervis Bay, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher share of residents need help with daily activities compared to most areas. At 6.1%, this is a little above the 3.7% seen in other territories and about the same as the Australian average.
6.1% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Jervis Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL90003/jervis-bay/topic/health-disability