26.1%
Lower than 62% of state electorate areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Darling Range (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate
Health & Disability in Darling Range (East Metropolitan)
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A little fewer than 27.7% of people in Darling Range have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure. Most residents here live without a chronic illness, with 65.9% reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.5%, which is about the same as the Western Australian and national figures. Other frequent conditions include asthma (7.8%) and arthritis (7.3%), while 18.8% of people live with one chronic health issue.
8.5%
Lower than 58% of state electorate 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 Darling Range (East Metropolitan), None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This is also a little below the Australian average of 5.8%.
3.7% —
Lower than 87% 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 Darling Range (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED51902/darling-range/topic/health-disability