33.5%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kulin · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kulin
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A high rate of chronic illness shapes daily life in Kulin, where 33.5% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About one third of residents have a long-term health issue, with arthritis being the most common at 13.4%. Mental health conditions are also slightly more frequent here than in the rest of the state.
9.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Kulin, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, those needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is about the same as the Western Australian figure and a little below the national average.
4.0% ▲ +44.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Kulin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50792/kulin/topic/health-disability