16.5%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tom Price · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Tom Price
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with chronic illness in Tom Price compared to the rest of the country. Only 16.5% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population in generally good health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting only 5.3% of people. Asthma is the most reported long-term health issue at 6.9%, while 67.7% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.3%
Lower than 88% 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 Tom Price, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 1.1% of people in Tom Price need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Western Australian average of 4.6%. This need for assistance has also fallen since 2011, when it stood at 4.3%.
1.1% ▼ -73.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 1.1%
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 Tom Price [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL515033/tom-price/topic/health-disability