33.3%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Five Ways · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Five Ways
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual live with long-term health issues in Five Ways, where 33.3% of residents have a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Despite this, no one in the area reported needing daily assistance or living with a mental health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Diabetes and cancer are the most common long-term health issues here, with 25.9% and 18.5% of people affected. While long-term conditions are more frequent than in most areas, the reported rate of mental health conditions is 0.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality 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 Five Ways, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Five Ways reported needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below both the state and national rates of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Five Ways [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11534/five-ways/topic/health-disability