26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ballajura · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ballajura
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 66.4% of people in Ballajura report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area is generally healthy, with a lower rate of long-term illness than most similar suburbs. Most residents do not require daily assistance, keeping health figures largely in line with state averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 26.5% of residents, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most common condition at 7.8%, followed closely by other conditions, asthma and arthritis.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Ballajura, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Help with daily activities is needed by 4.8% of the population. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
4.8% ▲ +56.2%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Ballajura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50061/ballajura/topic/health-disability