30.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yelverton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yelverton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much higher rate of mental health conditions than the state average marks the health profile of Yelverton. While about 30.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, the most striking gap is in mental health, which is nearly double the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 16.7% of people here, a rate well above both Western Australia and Australia. Other common long-term conditions include arthritis at 9.7% and asthma at 5.6%, though over half of residents report having no long-term health issues.
16.7%
Higher than 96% 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 Yelverton, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and the 4.6% rate seen across Western Australia.
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 Yelverton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51683/yelverton/topic/health-disability