Digital Growth Diagnostic

Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service

Aboriginal community-controlled primary health provider operating four clinics in the Perth metropolitan area, delivering culturally secure primary health, mental health and dental services to Aboriginal families.

Community-rooted scale and history, but the site fails to show cultural authority.

Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service has built real community reach and service scale across the Perth metropolitan area, operating clinics in East Perth, Midland, Maddington and Mirrabooka and listing 127 staff. What you have is strong local presence and a long organisational history, but the website’s imagery and navigation do not clearly signal cultural authority. That mismatch means many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients, local referrers and funders fail to recognise the service online and are lost before they can book, refer or engage with membership and funding opportunities.

Your online reputation

3.6

Google star rating

7

Verified reviews

High

Reputation strength

Google Business Profile

Your online presence — what the data reveals

AI Visibility

Moderate

Authority Score

31

out of 100

Organic traffic

4934

est. monthly visits

Traffic Trend

-4

%

past 12 months

Organic Keywords

499

ranking terms

Keyword Trend

-27

%

past 12 months

Backlinks

2007

total

Paid traffic

0

0 paid campaigns

Digital maturity

Level 2

out of 5

The good news:

The clearest assets are physical presence and people: four clinics across the Perth metro and a workforce of 127 staff that reflect real delivery capacity and local reach. You also have an established role as a community-controlled primary health provider serving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the metropolitan area. If the digital presence is redesigned to foreground that cultural authority and simplify access, those assets can be translated into predictable bookings, stronger referrals and clearer membership and funding engagement.

How your website scores

Message clarity
3/5
Trust signals
3/5
Conversion design
2/5
Visual maturity
3/5
UX total11 / 20

TECH STACK

CMS
WordPress
Analytics
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UX OBSERVATIONS

Primary conversion intent is diluted by multiple equal‑weight CTAs and inconsistent button styling, causing users to hesitate and increasing the chance they will not complete booking or contact tasks.

Critical access actions are not visually prioritised; 'Find your clinic', call or book actions require scrolling and are visually understated, which will reduce direct clinic enquiries and referrals.

Trust is signalled by community imagery and governance links but under‑signalled for clinical credibility—no prominent accreditation, outcomes, or urgent contact cues—weakening confidence for referrers and new patients.

What this means:

Nearly 4,800 organic visits a month show there is genuine interest, but a drop from 669 to 488 keywords and a small traffic decline show momentum is slipping. Because the site does not read as a culturally secure, easy-to-use service and local credibility cues are underplayed, many of those visits are likely to leave without booking or referring, reducing steady appointment flow and member engagement. A Google rating of 3.6 from seven reviews also weakens local confidence at the point where people decide to contact or refer.

The three gaps holding you back

  • Visual and messaging mismatch undermines cultural authority. The site’s hero imagery and overall visual system read like a commercial physiotherapy brand rather than an Aboriginal community-controlled health service, which will reduce recognition and confidence among prospective Aboriginal patients and referring organisations.
  • Service hierarchy is unclear so users can’t find the right pathway. Service tiles and content blocks lack a priority structure and do not guide urgent, referral or membership flows; evidence: clinic listings and program pages are present but there is no clear decision path to book, refer or access urgent help.
  • Institutional trust is under-signalled where it matters. Governance, local community endorsement and outcome evidence from a long history (established 1974, multiple clinics, 127 staff) are present on the About pages but are not surfaced on clinic or service pages, so referrers and funders cannot easily verify credibility at point of decision.

What's possible when these gaps are closed

  1. Becoming clearly recognised as a culturally secure provider

    Making hero imagery, language and visual tone reflect community leadership would make the organisation unmistakable to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and referrers. That shift could turn a meaningful share of the roughly 4,800 monthly organic visitors into booking enquiries and referrals, rather than losing them at first glance. Clear cultural cues also make it easier to attract community endorsements and partnership support.

  2. Fast, simple booking and clinic access paths

    Designing a single, prioritised flow for urgent help, clinic finders and bookings would reduce phone abandonment and speed people to care. With four clinics in East Perth, Midland, Maddington and Mirrabooka, a clear path could lift online appointment completions from the current visit pool and free staff time spent on calls. It would also make referrals from local services and funders more reliable and trackable.

  3. Showcasing real governance and community endorsement

    Putting board details, community testimonials, outcome highlights and membership proof front and centre would convert institutional scale into trust at the point of decision. That is especially important given the current Google rating of 3.6 from seven reviews, which undermines local confidence online. Strong visible proof will also improve referral rates and strengthen funding conversations.

This report was prepared by Redfox Digital using publicly available SEO, UX and reputation data.

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Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service homepage screenshot