26.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wandoan · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Wandoan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health struggles in Wandoan than in most similar areas. Only 26.4% of residents report a lasting health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 9.4%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. Other frequent reports include arthritis at 8.4% and asthma at 7.7%.
9.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Wandoan, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.8% of people need help with their daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and has barely changed since 2011.
5.8% ▼ -1.7%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Wandoan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322132/wandoan/topic/health-disability