17.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Irrunytju · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Irrunytju
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health conditions in Irrunytju than in the rest of the country. Only 17.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population with significantly lower reported rates of chronic illness compared to other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 2.3% of people, well below the Western Australian figure of 8.3%. For those with health issues, the most common are diabetes at 8.3% and other conditions at 8.3%, while 70.7% of residents report having no long-term conditions at all.
2.3%
Lower than 87% 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 Irrunytju, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.0% of people in Irrunytju need help with daily activities. This is a little above the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and about the same as the national average.
6.0% —
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Irrunytju [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50673/irrunytju/topic/health-disability