25.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Smith Brook · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Smith Brook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Zero people report needing help with daily activities in Smith Brook, making it a remarkably healthy area. While a quarter of residents live with a long-term health condition, the rates of mental health issues are well below national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the Australian figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are particularly rare here, affecting only 5.1% of residents, a figure well below the national average of 8.8%.
5.1%
Lower than 75% 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 Smith Brook, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Smith Brook requires assistance with daily activities. This is well below both the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and the national rate of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 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 Smith Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51357/smith-brook/topic/health-disability