28.3%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wooroloo · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Wooroloo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people require daily help with their health compared to most areas, making Wooroloo (L) a relatively healthy place. Around 60% of residents live without any long-term health conditions, while those who do have them most commonly report arthritis or other general conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A long-term health condition affects 28.3% of people, which is slightly above the Western Australian figure of 26.1%. Mental health conditions are reported by 8.1% of residents, a rate about the same as the national figure.
8.1%
Lower than 70% 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 Wooroloo, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by only 3.4% of the population, which is much lower than most areas. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8% and has fallen by 1.0 percentage point since 2016.
3.4% —
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Wooroloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522068/wooroloo/topic/health-disability