30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wattleup · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wattleup
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Wattleup is around the middle of similar areas for long-term health, though 30.2% of people live with a lasting condition. This is well above the Western Australian figure of 26.1% and a little above the national rate. Most people here live without a long-term health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 9.7%, followed by mental health at 8.1% and diabetes at 7.7%. While 8.1% of residents have a mental health condition, this is about the same as the state and national figures.
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 Wattleup, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is more common here than in most areas. At 6.5%, this is a little above the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and about the same as the national rate of 5.8%.
6.5% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
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 Wattleup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51550/wattleup/topic/health-disability