24.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Belmont · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Belmont
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 24.9% of people in Belmont have a long-term health condition, which is lower than most other areas. This makes the community slightly healthier than the state and national averages. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.3%, followed by asthma and arthritis. This rate is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country.
8.3%
Higher than 52% 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 Belmont, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.5% of people in Belmont need some help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and slightly lower than the Australian figure of 5.8%.
4.5% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Belmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50105/belmont/topic/health-disability