26.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Maylands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Maylands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Maylands than in most similar areas. While 66% of residents have no long-term health issues, the 11.8% who live with mental health conditions is well above the national figure. Overall, Maylands is slightly healthier than the Australian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The 11.8% of people with a mental health condition is well above the Western Australian figure of 8.3%. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 7.9% and arthritis at 5.7%. Around 26.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the state average.
11.8%
Higher than 82% 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 Maylands, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of people in Maylands need help with daily activities. This is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.7% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Maylands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50917/maylands/topic/health-disability