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Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan)

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

Daily life in Mount Lawley is shaped by health patterns that mirror the broader community, with 27.4% of people living with a long-term health condition. This rate is about the same as the national figure, suggesting a typical health profile for the area.

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📍 Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

27.4%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) — lower than 55% of areas.

Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan)27.4%
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 9.1% of residents. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia, with other common issues including arthritis at 7.7% and asthma at 7.0%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan), None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 66.0% One condition 19.1% Two conditions 5.6% Three or more 2.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Other condition (18%), with Arthritis at 16%.

Mental health 9.1% Other condition 8.4% Arthritis 7.7% Asthma 7.0% Diabetes 4.2% Heart disease 4.1% Cancer 3.0% Lung condition 1.6% Dementia 1.1% Stroke 0.9%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.7% of people in Mount Lawley need some help with daily activities. This is a little above the Western Australian figure and has barely changed since 2011, when it stood at 5.0%.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.7% ▲ +12.8%

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 Mount Lawley (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED53902/mount-lawley/topic/health-disability