40.2%
Higher than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sapphire · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Sapphire
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Twice as many people in Sapphire now need help with daily activities compared to 2011. This reflects a community facing significant health challenges, with 40.2% of residents living with a long-term health condition—a figure far above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are much more common here than in most areas, particularly arthritis at 15.6%. Mental health conditions also affect 12.5% of the population, which is well above the Australian figure of 8.8%.
12.5%
Higher than 83% 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 Sapphire, the largest group is None at 49%, followed by One condition (24%) and Two conditions (16%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The 10% of people who need help with daily activities is much higher than in most other areas. This need for assistance has risen by 5.0 percentage points since 2011, moving from 5.0% to 10.0%.
10.0% ▲ +99.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321091/sapphire/topic/health-disability