10.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Waddy Forest · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Waddy Forest
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Eighty per cent of residents in Waddy Forest report having no long-term health conditions. This is a very healthy area where only 10% of people live with a chronic illness, a figure far below both the Western Australian and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 10% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This includes small numbers of people with arthritis and asthma, while 0% of the population reports a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Waddy Forest, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Waddy Forest reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and the 4.6% rate across Western Australia.
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 Waddy Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51497/waddy-forest/topic/health-disability