26.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Boyerine · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Boyerine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health trends in Boyerine have shifted over the last decade, with a particularly sharp rise in mental health concerns. While long-term health issues are now about the same as the state average, the proportion of people living with mental health conditions is far above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 18.4% of people have a mental health condition, which is well above the 8.8% Australian figure and among the highest for similar areas. Overall, 26.3% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a rate similar to the state average of 26.1%.
18.4%
Higher than 99% 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 Boyerine, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 34%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Boyerine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50171/boyerine/topic/health-disability