33.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sawyers Valley · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sawyers Valley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the national figure, 33.6% of people in Sawyers Valley live with a long-term health condition. This is higher than most similar areas, with arthritis and asthma being the most common long-term health issues reported.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 33.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the 26.1% seen across Western Australia. Most people here have no long-term conditions (58.4%), but for those who do, arthritis affects 10.9% of the population.
8.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Sawyers Valley, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.8% of people need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the 4.6% reported for Western Australia and the 5.8% national figure.
4.8% ▲ +57.4%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Sawyers Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51328/sawyers-valley/topic/health-disability