30.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bawley Point · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Bawley Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A very low 2.5% of people in Bawley Point need help with daily activities. This makes the area one of the healthiest of its kind, although 30.7% of residents do live with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term illness here, affecting 13.7% of people. While 30.7% of residents have a long-term health condition—which is well above the New South Wales figure—those with mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas.
6.4%
Lower than 85% 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 Bawley Point, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The number of people needing daily help has fallen by 3.6 percentage points since 2011. At just 2.5%, this is well below the national figure of 5.8% and among the lowest rates for similar areas.
2.5% ▼ -58.8%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Bawley Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121003/bawley-point/topic/health-disability