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Mareeba · Council (LGA)

Health & Disability in Mareeba

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Fewer long-term health struggles affect daily life in Mareeba compared to most other regions. Only 24.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below both the state and national figures.

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📍 Mareeba, Council (LGA)

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

24.5%

All council (lga) areas, 2021. The marker is Mareeba — lower than 73% of areas.

Mareeba24.5%
Rest of Qld 29.1%
Queensland 28.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 8.3%, while 6.5% of people have a mental health condition. This mental health rate is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Mareeba, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 20%.

None 58.0% One condition 16.2% Two conditions 5.3% Three or more 3.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Mareeba splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (20%) and Mental health (15%), with Other condition at 15%.

Arthritis 8.3% Mental health 6.5% Other condition 6.3% Asthma 5.8% Diabetes 4.6% Heart disease 4.2% Cancer 2.8% Lung condition 2.1% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

About 5.6% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that has barely changed since 2016 and is about the same as the national average.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.6% —

Higher than 51% of council (lga) areas.

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 Mareeba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA34880/mareeba/topic/health-disability