Broome · Council (LGA)

Health & Disability in Broome

Name: Health & Disability in Broome — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Barely any change has occurred in the need for daily assistance in Broome since 2011. This is a remarkably healthy area, with only 16.9% of people reporting a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Broome, Council (LGA)

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are much lower here than in most areas at 5.0%. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, while asthma is the most common condition affecting 4.9% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Broome, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 15%.

None 66.3% One condition 12.8% Two conditions 2.9% Three or more 1.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Broome splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Asthma (19%), with Other condition at 17%.

Mental health 5.0% Asthma 4.9% Other condition 4.5% Arthritis 3.5% Diabetes 3.1% Heart disease 2.1% Cancer 1.6% Lung condition 1.1% Stroke 0.4% Dementia 0.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 2.6% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Australian average of 5.8% and among the lowest for similar areas.

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 Broome [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA50980/broome/topic/health-disability

Broome	16.9%
Rest of WA	26.6%
Western Australia	26.1%

Where Broome sits — People with a long-term health condition