33.8%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Leopold · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Leopold
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Leopold live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure. This higher rate of illness is most visible in mental health, where 12% of residents are affected. Most people here are healthy, with 60.2% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 12% of the population. Other frequent long-term health issues include asthma at 9.8% and arthritis at 9.3%.
12.0%
Higher than 77% of urban centre 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 Leopold, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.2% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. This is a drop from 2011, when the rate was 8.6%.
6.2% ▼ -28.0%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Leopold [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL213009/leopold/topic/health-disability