37.9%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brooms Head · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Brooms Head
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A growing need for support defines health in Brooms Head (L), where the percentage of people requiring help with daily activities has risen since 2011. Long-term health issues are far more common here than in the rest of the country, affecting 37.9% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are far above the national figure of 27.7%, with arthritis being the most common at 19.4%. Mental health conditions affect 10.1% of residents, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%.
10.1%
Higher than 53% 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 Brooms Head, None is the majority at 58%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 8.1% of the population, which is a little above the Australian figure of 5.8%. This need has rose 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
8.1% ▲ +20.3%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 8.1%
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 Brooms Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122027/brooms-head/topic/health-disability