27.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Seppings · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Seppings
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Seppings than in most other areas, with 10.7% of people affected. While the overall rate of long-term health issues is about the same as the national figure, the community has a notably higher rate of mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.7% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the Western Australian figure. Mental health and arthritis are the most common long-term issues, each affecting 10.7% of the population.
10.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Seppings, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Seppings need help with daily activities, at just 1.7%. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and much lower than most other similar areas.
1.7% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Seppings [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51338/seppings/topic/health-disability