19.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hastings · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hastings
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health needs in Hastings have shifted over the last decade, with 9.8% of people now needing help with daily activities. While this need for assistance is much higher than in most areas, the local rate of long-term health conditions is surprisingly low, sitting well below the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 19.5% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Western Australian rate of 26.1%. Most residents are healthy, with 63.4% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Hastings, None is the majority at 87%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is a significant need in Hastings, with 9.8% of people requiring help. This is well above the national figure of 5.8% and more than double the state average of 4.6%.
9.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Hastings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50616/hastings/topic/health-disability