25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Stirling Estate · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Stirling Estate
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes in Stirling Estate have remained stable over the last decade, with 66.5% of residents reporting no long-term health conditions. This makes the area slightly healthier than the national average, as fewer people here live with chronic illness compared to most other Australian regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.5% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure. Mental health is the most common condition at 8.1%, followed by other conditions at 7.5% and cancer at 6.8%.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Estate, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is around the middle for its level, with 5.0% of residents requiring assistance. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
5.0% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Stirling Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51406/stirling-estate/topic/health-disability