Gabbadah · Urban Centre

Health & Disability in Gabbadah

Name: Health & Disability in Gabbadah — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Gabbadah, where 14.4% of the population live with the condition. Overall, health struggles are more frequent here than in the wider state, with over a third of residents managing a chronic illness.

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📍 Gabbadah, Urban Centre

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 34.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the 26.1% seen across Western Australia. Mental health conditions affect 9.7% of the population, a figure slightly above the state average.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Gabbadah, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 23%.

None 57.1% One condition 21.1% Two conditions 9.0% Three or more 4.5%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Gabbadah — Arthritis leads at 23%, ahead of Mental health (15%) and Asthma (14%).

Arthritis 14.4% Mental health 9.7% Asthma 9.0% Heart disease 7.1% Other condition 6.4% Diabetes 6.2% Cancer 4.3% Lung condition 3.0% Dementia 1.4% Stroke 1.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 6.0% of residents, a rate that is a little above the state average and has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.

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 Gabbadah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521020/gabbadah/topic/health-disability

Where Gabbadah sits — People with a long-term health condition