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Middle Swan - Herne Hill · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Middle Swan - Herne Hill

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

Middle Swan - Herne Hill sits around the middle of similar areas for health and disability. About 29.1% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. Most people here are healthy, with 62.2% reporting no long-term conditions.

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📍 Middle Swan - Herne Hill, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Middle Swan - Herne Hill sits — People with a long-term health condition

29.1%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Middle Swan - Herne Hill — higher than 56% of areas.

Middle Swan - Herne Hill29.1%
6056, WA 31.1%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 9.2%, followed by arthritis at 8.2%. This rate is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Middle Swan - Herne Hill, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 62.2% One condition 19.3% Two conditions 6.7% Three or more 3.2%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Middle Swan - Herne Hill splits fairly evenly between Mental health (18%) and Arthritis (16%), with Other condition at 16%.

Mental health 9.2% Arthritis 8.2% Other condition 8.0% Asthma 7.9% Diabetes 6.3% Heart disease 4.6% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 2.1% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 5.7% of the population, a figure that has risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011. This is a little above the state average of 4.6%.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.7% ▲ +28.5%

Higher than 55% 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 Middle Swan - Herne Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/504031065/middle-swan-herne-hill/topic/health-disability