15.6%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Walgoolan · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Walgoolan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Walgoolan than in the rest of the country. Only 15.6% of residents report a chronic condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it one of the healthiest areas of its kind.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Most residents here are healthy, with 73.4% reporting no long-term health conditions at all. Mental health is the most common issue at 7.8%, which is about the same as the figures for Western Australia and the own nation.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Walgoolan, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Walgoolan reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below both the state and national averages.
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 Walgoolan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51504/walgoolan/topic/health-disability