30.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Walker · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Walker
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About the same as most similar areas, Mount Walker sees 30.3% of residents living with a long-term health condition. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. However, there are very few reports of mental health issues or people needing daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 10.5%, followed by asthma and heart disease. While long-term health conditions are a little above the national figure, 0.0% of people reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Australian average of 8.8%.
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 Mount Walker, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Mount Walker reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the state figure of 4.6% and the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Mount Walker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51037/mount-walker/topic/health-disability