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Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Swan Hills (East Metropolitan)

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

Better overall health outcomes mark daily life in Swan Hills, where only 24.2% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%. Most residents here report no long-term health issues at all.

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📍 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), State Electorate

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

24.2%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) — lower than 73% of areas.

Swan Hills (East Metropolitan)24.2%
Greater Perth 26.0%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health and asthma are the most common long-term conditions, affecting 8.3% and 7.8% of people respectively. The rate of mental health conditions is lower than most areas and about the same as the Western Australian average.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Swan Hills (East Metropolitan), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 64.3% One condition 17.4% Two conditions 4.8% Three or more 2.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (21%) and Asthma (19%), with Other condition at 17%.

Mental health 8.3% Asthma 7.8% Other condition 6.9% Arthritis 6.4% Diabetes 3.8% Heart disease 2.8% Cancer 2.2% Lung condition 1.2% Stroke 0.6% Dementia 0.2%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Very few people in Swan Hills need help with daily activities, at just 3.7%. This is much lower than most similar areas, though the figure has risen slightly since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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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 Swan Hills (East Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55102/swan-hills/topic/health-disability