13.8%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Broomehill East · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Broomehill East
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Three quarters of people in Broomehill East report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area remarkably healthy, with far fewer people struggling with chronic illness or mental health issues than in the rest of Western Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 13.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the state figure of 26.1%. Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas at 2.8%, well below the national figure of 8.8%.
2.8%
Lower than 85% 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 Broomehill East, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.6% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the Western Australian average and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.6% ▲ +80.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Broomehill East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50191/broomehill-east/topic/health-disability