Shelley · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Shelley

Name: Health & Disability in Shelley — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Fewer people in Shelley have reported long-term health conditions since 2011. This is a healthy area where 24.1% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Shelley, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 6.0% of people here have a mental health condition, which is a little below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Most residents are healthy, with 71.2% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Shelley, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 71.2% One condition 18.0% Two conditions 4.4% Three or more 1.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Shelley splits fairly evenly between Other condition (20%) and Arthritis (17%), with Mental health at 15%.

Other condition 7.9% Arthritis 6.8% Mental health 6.0% Asthma 5.4% Diabetes 4.5% Heart disease 3.9% Cancer 2.6% Lung condition 1.3% Stroke 0.6% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily living is easier for most here, with only 3.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 4.6% seen across Western Australia.

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 Shelley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51345/shelley/topic/health-disability

Where Shelley sits — People with a long-term health condition