28.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Karloo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Karloo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in ten people in Karloo report a mental health condition, which is higher than most similar areas. Overall, health outcomes in the area are typical for the region, with about 28.3% of residents living with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term illness here at 10.5%, followed by arthritis at 9.7% and diabetes at 8.7%. This rate of mental health conditions is a little above the national figure of 8.8%.
10.5%
Higher than 73% 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 Karloo, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people in Karloo need some help with their daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the Western Australian and national averages.
5.1% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Karloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50730/karloo/topic/health-disability