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Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach

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

Daily life in Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach is shaped by health levels that mirror the broader community, with 28.3% of residents living with a long-term health condition. Most people here are healthy, and the area's health profile is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.

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📍 Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach sits — People with a long-term health condition

28.3%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach — higher than 51% of areas.

Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach28.3%
4878, QLD 25.9%
Queensland 28.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 9.5% of people have a mental health condition, which is around the middle for similar areas. Other common long-term issues include arthritis (9.1%) and asthma (7.1%), while 60.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 60.8% One condition 19.3% Two conditions 5.9% Three or more 3.0%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Arthritis (19%), with Other condition at 15%.

Mental health 9.5% Arthritis 9.1% Other condition 7.2% Asthma 7.1% Diabetes 3.9% Heart disease 3.6% Cancer 3.5% Lung condition 2.7% Stroke 1.1% Dementia 0.4%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 5.0%, which is a little below the Queensland figure. This need for assistance has risen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.0% ▲ +30.8%

Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) 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 Yorkeys Knob - Machans Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/306011143/yorkeys-knob-machans-beach/topic/health-disability