19.5%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wyndham · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Wyndham
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer than one in five people in Wyndham (L) live with a long-term health condition, which is well below national levels. This makes the area one of the healthiest of its kind, with most residents reporting no chronic health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 19.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the 27.7% national figure. This includes a very low rate of mental health conditions at 3.5%, while diabetes is the most common reported illness at 8.3%.
3.5%
Lower than 93% 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 Wyndham, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The 4.0% of people who need help with daily activities is much lower than in most similar areas. While this is about the same as the Western Australian figure, the proportion of people needing assistance rose by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
4.0% ▲ +57.3%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521052/wyndham/topic/health-disability