Darkan · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Darkan

Name: Health & Disability in Darkan — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Health patterns in Darkan have remained steady over the last decade, with 28.6% of people living with a long-term health condition. This is about the same as the national figure and reflects a typical health profile for the region.

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📍 Darkan, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term illness here, affecting 11.9% of residents. While 28.6% of people have a chronic health issue, over half of the population reports having none at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Darkan, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 52.3% One condition 16.7% Two conditions 7.3% Three or more 4.6%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Darkan — Arthritis leads at 23%, ahead of Mental health (15%) and Diabetes (12%).

Arthritis 11.9% Mental health 7.8% Diabetes 6.2% Heart disease 5.9% Asthma 5.7% Other condition 4.9% Lung condition 3.2% Cancer 2.4% Stroke 1.6% Dementia 1.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 3.0% of people in Darkan need help with daily activities, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.

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 Darkan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50388/darkan/topic/health-disability

Where Darkan sits — People with a long-term health condition