32.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Knowles · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Knowles
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher proportion of residents live with long-term health issues than in most similar areas, with 32.5% of people in Mount Knowles reporting a chronic condition. This figure is well above the national average of 27.7%. However, the area reports very few mental health or disability challenges compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 20% of residents, followed by arthritis and cancer at 10% each. While many suffer from these conditions, 0% of the population reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Australian figure 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 Mount Knowles, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Mount Knowles reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the state and national figures of 5.8% and is much lower than most other similar areas.
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 Mount Knowles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12782/mount-knowles/topic/health-disability