35.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Nilgen · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Nilgen
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Long-term health issues have become more common in Nilgen, where 35.5% of residents now live with a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Most of these residents deal with arthritis and asthma, though more than half of the population reports having no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 35.5% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is much higher than most similar areas. Arthritis (12.5%) and asthma (10.9%) are the most common issues, while mental health conditions affect 7.7% of residents, a figure slightly below the national average.
7.7%
Lower than 55% 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 Nilgen, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.0% of people in Nilgen need some help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas and a little above the Western Australian figure of 4.6%.
6.0% ▲ +80.5%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Nilgen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51114/nilgen/topic/health-disability