30.1%
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brooklyn · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Brooklyn
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 63% of people in Brooklyn report having no long-term health conditions, meaning most residents are living without a chronic illness. While the area's health profile is better than many similar places, the proportion of people with long-term conditions is still a little above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 30.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. The most common issues are arthritis at 9.5% and mental health conditions at 8.7%, which is about the same as the Australian average.
8.7%
Lower than 64% 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 Brooklyn, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.4% of people in Brooklyn need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most areas. This is a little below the national average and has fallen 1.8 percentage points since 2011.
3.4% ▼ -34.6%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Brooklyn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121015/brooklyn/topic/health-disability