22.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Parkfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Parkfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A smaller proportion of people in Parkfield live with long-term health issues compared to the rest of the country. While only 22.2% of residents have a long-term condition, a high number of these are mental health issues, which is a striking contrast to the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are far more common here than in the rest of Western Australia, affecting 18.5% of people. However, overall long-term health issues are well below the national figure of 27.7%, with 72.2% of residents reporting no long-term conditions at all.
18.5%
Higher 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 Parkfield, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.6% of people in Parkfield need help with daily activities, which is higher than most similar areas and about the same as the state and national figures.
5.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Parkfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51207/parkfield/topic/health-disability