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Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale

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

Nearly 32% of people in Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country. It marks the area as having a higher rate of chronic health issues than most similar places.

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📍 Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale sits — People with a long-term health condition

31.9%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale — higher than 73% of areas.

Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale31.9%
6056, WA 31.1%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are the most common long-term illness here, affecting 10% of residents. This is a little above the national figure, followed closely by arthritis at 9.8% and asthma at 8.6%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 23%.

None 59.2% One condition 20.9% Two conditions 7.4% Three or more 3.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale splits fairly evenly between Mental health (17%) and Arthritis (17%), with Other condition at 17%.

Mental health 10.0% Arthritis 9.8% Other condition 9.7% Asthma 8.6% Diabetes 6.2% Heart disease 4.8% Cancer 3.3% Lung condition 2.4% Stroke 1.2% Dementia 1.1%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 5.8% of people need some help with their daily activities, which is about the same as the national average. This figure has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.8% ▲ +19.8%

Higher than 57% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Swan View - Greenmount - Midvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504021054/swan-view-greenmount-midvale/topic/health-disability