14.1%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lake Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lake Argyle
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Lake Argyle than in most similar areas. Only 14.1% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area one of the healthiest in its category.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 6.3%, while 5.9% of people have a mental health condition. This mental health figure is a little below both the state and national averages.
5.9%
Lower than 71% 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 Lake Argyle, None is the majority at 84%; One condition is next at 10%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Lake Argyle reports needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.8%
- 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 Lake Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50809/lake-argyle/topic/health-disability