23.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
St James · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in St James
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 70% of people in St James report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the 27.7% national figure. However, mental health conditions are a little more common here than in the rest of Australia, affecting 10% of the population.
10.0%
Higher than 68% 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 St James, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is less common in St James than in most areas. At 3.7%, this figure is a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
3.7% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 St James [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51402/st-james/topic/health-disability