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Bassendean (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Bassendean (East Metropolitan)

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Bassendean (East Metropolitan) sits around the middle of similar areas for most health and disability measures. Roughly 28% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the Western Australian figure.

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📍 Bassendean (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Bassendean (East Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

28.0%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Bassendean (East Metropolitan) — higher than 50% of areas.

Bassendean (East Metropolitan)28.0%
Greater Perth 26.0%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 28% of people here have a long-term health condition, with mental health being the most common at 8.9%. This rate is about the same as the national figure, and most residents (63.9%) report having no long-term conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Bassendean (East Metropolitan), None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 63.9% One condition 19.1% Two conditions 5.8% Three or more 3.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Bassendean (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (18%) and Other condition (17%), with Asthma at 17%.

Mental health 8.9% Other condition 8.2% Asthma 8.1% Arthritis 7.9% Diabetes 5.5% Heart disease 3.8% Cancer 2.7% Lung condition 2.0% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Help with daily activities is needed by 5.6% of people, which is a little above the state average. This figure has risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.6% ▲ +28.8%

Higher than 50% of state electorate areas.

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 Bassendean (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50502/bassendean/topic/health-disability