32.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Eagle Bay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Eagle Bay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Eagle Bay, affecting 13.3% of residents. While many people here live with chronic health problems, almost no one requires daily assistance to get by. This creates a unique health profile where long-term conditions are common but independence remains very high.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes asthma (8.3%) and heart disease (6.7%), though mental health conditions are a little below the state and national rates at 6.7%.
6.7%
Lower than 64% 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 Eagle Bay, None is the majority at 61%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is rarely needed here, with 0.0% of residents requiring assistance with activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia and the 4.6% for Western Australia.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 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 Eagle Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50447/eagle-bay/topic/health-disability