50.5%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
East Rockingham · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in East Rockingham
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of the people in East Rockingham live with a long-term health condition, a figure that has risen significantly since 2011. This makes the area's health burden far higher than both the state and national averages. The most common struggles here are arthritis and mental health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Roughly 50.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. Mental health conditions are particularly common at 13.5%, a rate well above the national average of 8.8%.
13.5%
Higher than 88% 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 →East Rockingham splits fairly evenly between None (35%) and One condition (34%), with Two conditions at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 10.9% of people in East Rockingham need help with daily activities, which is well above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
10.9% ▲ +37.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 10.9%
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 East Rockingham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50467/east-rockingham/topic/health-disability