13.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kenmare · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kenmare
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Kenmare than in other parts of the country. Only 13.9% of residents report a chronic condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. However, mental health challenges are more common here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health conditions are rare, 16.7% of people have a mental health condition, which is well above the Western Australian figure of 8.3%. Most residents have no long-term health issues at all, with 86.1% reporting none.
16.7%
Higher than 96% 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 Kenmare, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Kenmare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50750/kenmare/topic/health-disability