37.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brookton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brookton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life for many in Brookton involves managing a health issue, as 37% of the population lives with a long-term condition. This is far above the state and national figures, marking the area as one where health challenges are much more common than in most other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most frequent long-term health issue at 17.3%, followed by mental health conditions, which affect 11.5% of residents. This rate of mental health issues is well above the Western Australian figure of 8.3%.
11.5%
Higher than 79% 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 Brookton, None is the majority at 58%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is common here, with 11.7% of people requiring support. This is well above the national figure of 5.8% and among the highest rates for similar areas.
11.7% ▲ +33.8%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 11.7%
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 Brookton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50189/brookton/topic/health-disability