30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pickering Brook · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pickering Brook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health profiles in Pickering Brook have shifted over the last decade, with 30.2% of residents now living with a long-term health condition. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. While long-term illness is more common here than in most areas, reports of mental health conditions remain notably low.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 9%, while mental health conditions affect only 5.4% of people. This last figure is well below the Australian average of 8.8% and is much lower than in most similar areas.
5.4%
Lower than 73% 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 Pickering Brook, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.2% of people in Pickering Brook need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the 4.6% seen across Western Australia and the 5.8% national figure.
5.2% ▲ +81.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Pickering Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51237/pickering-brook/topic/health-disability