11.5%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yalgoo · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Yalgoo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Hardly any change has been seen in the need for daily support since 2011 in Yalgoo, where health profiles remain remarkably strong. Only 11.5% of people report a long-term health condition, a figure far below both the state and national levels.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Yalgoo reports very low rates of illness, with only 2.9% of people having a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Diabetes is the most common long-term condition at 6.2%, while 39.4% of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
2.9%
Lower than 95% of council (lga) 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 Yalgoo, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Just 0.9% of people in Yalgoo need help with daily activities, which is well below the 5.8% national average. This figure has barely changed since 2011, when it stood at 1.5%.
0.9% ▼ -40.6%
Lower than 99% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 0.9%
- 2021: 0.9%
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 Yalgoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA59350/yalgoo/topic/health-disability