30.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Clarence · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Clarence
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Mount Clarence involves managing more health challenges than in many other areas, with 30.5% of people living with a long-term condition. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. This health profile is reflected in a higher-than-average number of residents who require regular help with their daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 9.8%, followed by mental health (9.5%) and asthma (9.1%). Mental health conditions are more common here than in most other areas, while the typical resident has no long-term health issues.
9.5%
Higher than 63% 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 Mount Clarence, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.8% of people in Mount Clarence need some help with daily activities. This is a little above the Western Australian average of 4.6% and about the same as the national figure.
5.8% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Mount Clarence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51009/mount-clarence/topic/health-disability