30.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
High Wycombe · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in High Wycombe
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher rate of mental health conditions marks the health profile of High Wycombe, where 10.2% of people live with such a condition. Overall, 30% of residents have a long-term health issue, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. Most people here live with no long-term health problems.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 10.2%, followed by asthma and arthritis at around 8%. This rate of mental health conditions is higher than most areas and a little above the national figure of 8.8%.
10.2%
Higher than 70% 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 High Wycombe, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people in High Wycombe need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.
5.4% ▲ +81.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 High Wycombe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50633/high-wycombe/topic/health-disability