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Burns Beach · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Burns Beach

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Over 76% of people in Burns Beach report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other parts of the country, with very few residents requiring daily support or living with chronic illness.

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📍 Burns Beach, Suburb / Locality

Where Burns Beach sits — People with a long-term health condition

18.5%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Burns Beach — lower than 88% of areas.

Burns Beach18.5%
6028, WA 23.8%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 18.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a very low rate of mental health conditions at 4.4%, far below the 8.8% seen across Australia.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Burns Beach, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 16%.

None 76.3% One condition 14.9% Two conditions 2.8% Three or more 0.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Burns Beach splits fairly evenly between Other condition (22%) and Asthma (20%), with Arthritis at 16%.

Other condition 6.4% Asthma 5.9% Arthritis 4.6% Mental health 4.4% Diabetes 2.7% Cancer 1.9% Heart disease 1.9% Lung condition 0.9% Stroke 0.6% Dementia 0.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily help is rarely needed here, with only 2.1% of people requiring assistance. This is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian average of 5.8%.

People needing help with daily activities

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2.1% ▲ +112.0%

Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Burns Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50221/burns-beach/topic/health-disability