27.5%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hamersley · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hamersley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About the same as most similar areas, Hamersley shows a typical health profile where 27.5% of people live with a long-term health condition. This reflects a general state of wellbeing that closely mirrors both Western Australian and national trends.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 27.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the state figure. Arthritis is the most common ailment at 8.6%, followed by mental health conditions affecting 8.3% of the population.
8.3%
Higher than 52% 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 Hamersley, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 4.2% of people in Hamersley. This is about the same as the Western Australian average and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.2% ▲ +25.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Hamersley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50607/hamersley/topic/health-disability