27.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Capel River · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Capel River
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few people in Capel River report needing daily help, making it a remarkably self-sufficient area. While about 27.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, mental health reports are exceptionally low compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect only 2.2% of people here, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. For those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 10.3%, followed by asthma at 8.8%.
2.2%
Lower than 88% 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 Capel River, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Capel River reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below both the state figure of 4.6% and the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.1%
- 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 Capel River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50252/capel-river/topic/health-disability