29.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Upwey · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Upwey
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 64.9% of people in Upwey report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area generally healthy, though mental health conditions are more common here than in most other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A little more than 10.5% of residents live with a mental health condition, which is higher than the national figure of 8.8%. Overall, long-term health conditions affect 29% of the population, with asthma and arthritis also being common.
10.5%
Higher than 73% 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 Upwey, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.8% of people in Upwey need help with daily activities, which is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
3.8% ▲ +55.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Upwey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22620/upwey/topic/health-disability