23.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Stirling · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Stirling
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 23.9% of people in Stirling live with a long-term health condition, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area healthier than most similar places, with a smaller proportion of residents facing chronic health or mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.2% of residents, which is a little below the state and national figures. Among those with long-term conditions, arthritis is the most common at 7.4%, while 70.9% of the population reports having no long-term health issues at all.
6.2%
Lower 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 Stirling, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.4% of people in Stirling need help with daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and is about the same as the Western Australian average.
4.4% ▲ +47.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Stirling [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51405/stirling/topic/health-disability