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Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan)

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

Fewer people live with chronic illness in Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) than in most similar areas. About 67.9% of residents report having no long-term health conditions, which reflects a generally healthy population for this part of the state.

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📍 Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), State Electorate

Where Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) sits — People with a long-term health condition

25.3%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) — lower than 67% of areas.

Wanneroo (North Metropolitan)25.3%
Greater Perth 26.0%
Western Australia 26.1%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Only 25.3% of people here have a long-term health condition, a figure slightly below the national average. Mental health is the most common issue at 8.3%, followed by asthma at 7.7% and arthritis at 7.1%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Wanneroo (North Metropolitan), None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.

None 67.9% One condition 18.0% Two conditions 5.1% Three or more 2.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (19%) and Asthma (18%), with Other condition at 17%.

Mental health 8.3% Asthma 7.7% Other condition 7.5% Arthritis 7.1% Diabetes 4.2% Heart disease 3.1% Cancer 2.3% Lung condition 1.5% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 4.1%, which is much lower than in most other areas. This figure has risen slightly by 0.9 percentage points since 2016.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.1% —

Lower than 82% 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 Wanneroo (North Metropolitan) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED55504/wanneroo/topic/health-disability