17.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cascade · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cascade
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 71% of people in Cascade report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area remarkably healthy, as the proportion of residents with a chronic illness is far below the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Western Australian average of 26.1%. Mental health conditions are the most common, affecting 8.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.7%
Higher than 56% 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 Cascade, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Cascade reported needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and well below the 5.8% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Cascade [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50272/cascade/topic/health-disability