19.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cardiff · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cardiff
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of long-term health issues defines Cardiff, where only 19.5% of people live with a chronic condition. This figure is well below the Western Australian average of 26.1%. Overall, residents here report better health outcomes than those in most other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 6.8% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Diabetes is the most common long-term condition at 8.5%, while 61% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Cardiff, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, with only 3.4% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 4.6% seen across Western Australia.
3.4% ▲ +33.9%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Cardiff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50259/cardiff/topic/health-disability