36.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Claremont · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Claremont
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Claremont live with a long-term health condition, making it a place where health challenges are much more common than in most areas. This includes a high rate of mental health issues, which significantly exceeds both the state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 36.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the 27.7% national figure. Mental health and arthritis are the most common issues, affecting 13.6% and 13.1% of the population respectively.
13.6%
Higher than 89% 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 Claremont, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more challenging for 8.2% of people here who need help with regular activities. This is a little above the state figure of 6.8% and the national figure of 5.8%.
8.2% ▲ +11.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Claremont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60113/claremont/topic/health-disability