41.4%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pigeon Ponds · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pigeon Ponds
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Living with a long-term health condition is far more common in Pigeon Ponds than in most of the country. Around 41.4% of residents deal with a lasting health issue, which is 14 percentage points higher than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 31%, followed by arthritis and heart disease at 10.3% each. Interestingly, no residents reported a mental health condition, which is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
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 Pigeon Ponds, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is largely independent here, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national average.
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 Pigeon Ponds [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22070/pigeon-ponds/topic/health-disability