Balonne · Council (LGA)

Health & Disability in Balonne

Name: Health & Disability in Balonne — 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.

Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Balonne than in most similar areas. Around 27.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the national figure.

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📍 Balonne, Council (LGA)

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, at 6.3%. Overall, asthma and arthritis are the most reported long-term health conditions, while 60.7% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Balonne, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 60.7% One condition 17.5% Two conditions 5.9% Three or more 3.6%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Balonne splits fairly evenly between Asthma (21%) and Arthritis (20%), with Mental health at 13%.

Asthma 9.7% Arthritis 9.5% Mental health 6.3% Diabetes 5.8% Other condition 5.0% Heart disease 4.1% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 2.1% Stroke 1.0% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Only 4.4% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little below both the state and national figures. This need 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 Balonne [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA30300/balonne/topic/health-disability

Balonne	27.1%
Rest of Qld	29.1%
Queensland	28.8%

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