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Midland (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Midland (East Metropolitan)

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

More people in Midland (East Metropolitan) live with long-term health issues than is typical across Western Australia. About 30% of residents have a long-term condition, which is well above the state figure of 26.1%. This gap is most noticeable in mental health, where reporting is higher than both the state and national figures.

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📍 Midland (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

30.0%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Midland (East Metropolitan) — higher than 63% of areas.

Midland (East Metropolitan)30.0%
Greater Perth 26.0%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 10.4% of residents. This is a little above the national figure of 8.8%, followed by other conditions, asthma, and arthritis which each affect about 8.5% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Midland (East Metropolitan), None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 61.5% One condition 20.3% Two conditions 6.4% Three or more 3.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Midland (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Other condition (16%), with Asthma at 16%.

Mental health 10.4% Other condition 8.6% Asthma 8.6% Arthritis 8.5% Diabetes 5.5% Heart disease 4.0% Cancer 2.9% Lung condition 2.1% Stroke 1.0% Dementia 0.9%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 5.8% of people, which is about the same as the national figure. This rate has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 5.1%.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.8% ▲ +13.1%

Higher than 53% 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 Midland (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53502/midland/topic/health-disability