34.6%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bruce Rock · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Bruce Rock
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Bruce Rock live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. This means health challenges are a common part of daily life for about 34.6% of the local population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 14.4%, followed by asthma at 9.6%. While 48.9% of residents have no long-term conditions, the rate of people with a mental health condition is slightly above the state average at 9.4%.
9.4%
Lower than 56% 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 Bruce Rock, None is the majority at 58%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.6% of people need some help with their daily activities, a figure that is a little above the state average. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when the rate was 7.8%.
6.6% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Bruce Rock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521009/bruce-rock/topic/health-disability