24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brown Range · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brown Range
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Brown Range compared to most similar areas. A striking 2.4% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. This creates a community that is generally healthier than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 24.8% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure. Arthritis is the most common long-term issue at 9.6%, while 64% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
2.4%
Lower than 87% 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 Brown Range, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance needs are typical for this area, with 4.8% of people requiring help with daily activities. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 4.6%.
4.8% ▲ +77.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Brown Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50195/brown-range/topic/health-disability