35.1%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bremer Bay · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Bremer Bay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A falling need for daily help marks the health trend in Bremer Bay, where the proportion of people needing assistance has dropped by 4.0 percentage points since 2011. While most residents are healthy, 35.1% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are more common here than in most areas, with 17.1% of people reporting arthritis. Mental health conditions are less common than in most areas, at 9.0%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
9.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Bremer Bay, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.8% of people in Bremer Bay need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This is a little below the national average of 5.8%.
3.8% ▼ -51.1%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Bremer Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522007/bremer-bay/topic/health-disability