6.9%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mitchell Plateau · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mitchell Plateau
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 6.9% of people report a long-term health condition in Mitchell Plateau, placing it among the lowest for this metric. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Residents here experience very few chronic illnesses, particularly regarding mental health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are not reported at all here, which is well below the 8.8% national figure. Among those with long-term health issues, diabetes is the most common at 10.3%, while 62.1% of the population reports having no health conditions.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Mitchell Plateau, None is the majority at 89%; One condition is next at 7%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.6% of people need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the Western Australian average and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Mitchell Plateau [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50971/mitchell-plateau/topic/health-disability