39.9%
Higher than 84% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Callala Bay · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Callala Bay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health struggle in Callala Bay, where 15.8% of people live with the condition. This is a place where health challenges are more common than usual, with nearly 40% of residents managing a long-term illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 39.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 27%. Mental health conditions are also slightly more common here at 10.4% compared to 8.8% nationally.
10.4%
Higher than 57% of urban centre 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 Callala Bay, None is the majority at 57%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 7.6% of the population, a figure that is a little above the national average. This need for help has risen by 4.1 percentage points since 2011.
7.6% ▲ +114.8%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 7.6%
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 Callala Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115036/callala-bay/topic/health-disability