20.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dixvale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dixvale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer long-term health issues have been reported in Dixvale since 2011. Only 20.6% of people here live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The typical resident here is healthy, with 72.1% reporting no long-term health conditions. Those with conditions most often have arthritis (16.2%) or diabetes (7.4%), while mental health conditions are reported at 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Dixvale, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A small number of people, 4.4%, need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
4.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Dixvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50414/dixvale/topic/health-disability