24.6%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Orchard Hills · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Orchard Hills
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer residents live with long-term health issues in Orchard Hills than in most similar areas. Only 24.6% of people report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthier spots in the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are among the lowest at this level, with only 3.2% of people reporting one. This is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia; overall, 73% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
3.2%
Lower than 94% 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 Orchard Hills, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance needs have dropped significantly in Orchard Hills, falling 8.0 percentage points since 2011 to just 3.6%. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.6% ▼ -68.8%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Orchard Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122104/orchard-hills/topic/health-disability