22.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Grass Patch · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Grass Patch
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 71% of people in Grass Patch have no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 7.1%, while arthritis and asthma each affect 6.2% of the population.
7.1%
Lower than 60% 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 Grass Patch, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is lower than in most areas. Only 2.7% of people require this assistance, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 4.6%.
2.7% ▲ —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Grass Patch [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50577/grass-patch/topic/health-disability