26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wedgefield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wedgefield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Better than average health outcomes define daily life in Wedgefield, where only 2.4% of people need help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure and suggests a population that is generally more independent and healthy than most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 26.8% of residents, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Notably, mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at 4.7%, which is well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
4.7%
Lower than 76% 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 Wedgefield, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.4% of people in Wedgefield need help with daily activities. This is a little below the Western Australian figure of 4.6% and well below the national average.
2.4% ▲ +64.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Wedgefield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51555/wedgefield/topic/health-disability