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Western Australia - Outback (North) · Region (SA4)

Health & Disability in Western Australia - Outback (North)

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

Roughly 65% of people in Western Australia - Outback (North) report having no long-term health conditions. This area has some of the lowest rates of chronic illness and mental health issues compared to similar regions, with far fewer people reporting long-term health problems than the national average.

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📍 Western Australia - Outback (North), Region (SA4)

Where Western Australia - Outback (North) sits — People with a long-term health condition

15.6%

All region (sa4) areas, 2021. The marker is Western Australia - Outback (North) — lower than 92% of areas.

Western Australia - Outback (North)15.6%
Rest of WA 26.6%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 15.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the 27.7% national figure. Asthma is the most common reported condition at 5.2%, while mental health issues affect 4.4% of people, a rate well below both the state and national figures.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Western Australia - Outback (North), None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 15%.

None 64.6% One condition 12.0% Two conditions 2.6% Three or more 1.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Western Australia - Outback (North) splits fairly evenly between Asthma (22%) and Mental health (18%), with Other condition at 17%.

Asthma 5.2% Mental health 4.4% Other condition 4.1% Diabetes 3.3% Arthritis 2.9% Heart disease 1.7% Cancer 1.1% Lung condition 0.7% Stroke 0.3% Dementia 0.2%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Very few people here require help with daily activities, at just 2.1%. This is well below the Australian average of 5.8% and has barely changed since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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2.1% —

Lower than 97% of region (sa4) 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 Western Australia - Outback (North) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/510/western-australia-outback/topic/health-disability