22.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Westminster · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Westminster
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Westminster than in other parts of the state. Only 22% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. This makes the area significantly healthier than most similar regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 7.4%, a figure slightly below the national average. Most residents are healthy, with 68.8% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Westminster, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.9% of people in Westminster need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
4.9% ▲ +17.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Westminster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51588/westminster/topic/health-disability