12.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rottnest Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rottnest Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health struggles on Rottnest Island compared to most other areas. Only 12% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at just 1.8%, well below the 8.8% national average. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all, with asthma being the most common condition at 6%.
1.8%
Lower than 90% 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 Rottnest Island, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one on the island reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the state figure of 4.6% and the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 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 Rottnest Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51314/rottnest-island/topic/health-disability