24.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Roebourne · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Roebourne
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Lower rates of long-term illness define Roebourne compared to most similar areas. Only 24% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population with fewer chronic health struggles than the typical Australian community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, at just 3.8% compared to 8.8% nationally. Of those with health issues, diabetes is the most reported at 11.2%, while nearly half of all residents report having no long-term conditions at all.
3.8%
Lower than 80% 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 Roebourne, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.6% of people in Roebourne need help with daily activities. This is roughly the middle point for similar areas and matches the Western Australian state figure exactly.
4.6% ▲ +58.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Roebourne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51305/roebourne/topic/health-disability