14.6%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dampier · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Dampier
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Dampier compared to the rest of the country. Only 14.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it one of the healthiest areas in its class.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are well below the national average at 4.4%. Most people here report no long-term health issues at all, while asthma is the most common reported condition at 6.8%.
4.4%
Lower than 91% 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 Dampier, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.2% of people in Dampier need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the state average. This is a continuing trend, as the number has fallen 2.1 percentage points since 2011.
1.2% ▼ -62.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 1.0%
- 2021: 1.2%
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 Dampier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515008/dampier/topic/health-disability