22.6%
Lower than 79% of council (lga) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Carpentaria · Council (LGA)
Health & Disability in Carpentaria
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Carpentaria than in most similar areas. Just 22.6% of the population reports a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a profile of a population that is generally healthier than the average Australian.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 4.3% of residents have a mental health condition, a rate well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Diabetes (7.0%) and asthma (6.6%) are the most common long-term conditions, while 64.6% of people report having no health conditions at all.
4.3%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) 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 Carpentaria, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is among the lowest for similar areas, at just 2.6%. This is well below the Australian figure of 5.8% and has fallen by 1.5 percentage points since 2011.
2.6% ▼ -36.7%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Carpentaria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA32250/carpentaria/topic/health-disability