27.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Beechboro · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Beechboro
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for 5.8% of Beechboro residents involves needing help with everyday activities, which is a higher rate than in most similar areas. Overall, health outcomes here align closely with state and national patterns, with about 27.4% of people living with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.4% of people have a long-term health condition, a figure that is a little above the Western Australian average. Mental health and arthritis are the most common long-term issues reported, each affecting between 8.3% and 8.5% of the population.
8.5%
Higher than 54% 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 Beechboro, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher proportion of people here need help with daily activities compared to most similar areas. At 5.8%, this rate is a little above the Western Australian figure of 4.6%, though it is about the same as the national average.
5.8% ▲ +81.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Beechboro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50093/beechboro/topic/health-disability