27.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Waggrakine · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Waggrakine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About the same as the national figure, 27.3% of people in Waggrakine live with a long-term health condition. This means roughly seven out of ten residents report no long-term health issues, while others manage a variety of chronic conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition here at 8.9%, followed by mental health at 7.5% and arthritis at 7.1%. Mental health conditions are a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
7.5%
Lower than 56% 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 Waggrakine, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is about the same as the state figure, with 4.5% of residents requiring assistance. This is a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
4.5% ▲ +122.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Waggrakine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51500/waggrakine/topic/health-disability