25.1%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Torbay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Torbay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of Torbay residents, 56.3%, report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most, with a typical resident less likely to live with a chronic illness or a mental health condition than those in the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 25.1% of the population, which is lower than most areas and a little below the national figure. Arthritis is the most common issue at 9.0%, while mental health conditions are reported by 6.6% of people, a figure slightly below the Western Australian average.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Torbay, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.6% of people in Torbay need help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and well below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
1.6% ▼ -61.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Torbay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51462/torbay/topic/health-disability