37.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Swan Reach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Swan Reach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for 37.4% of people in Swan Reach involves managing a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, marking the area as one where health challenges are much more common than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 16.1% of residents. Mental health conditions are also more frequent than usual, with 10.7% of people reporting one, which is a little above the Victorian average of 8.8%.
10.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Swan Reach, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.7% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Victoria and Australia.
6.7% ▼ -14.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Swan Reach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22409/swan-reach/topic/health-disability