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Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan

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

Far more people in Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan live with long-term health conditions than in most other similar areas. About 41.3% of residents have a chronic health issue, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This creates a significant health burden for the local community.

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📍 Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan sits — People with a long-term health condition

41.3%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan — higher than 99% of areas.

Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan41.3%
4655, QLD 39.5%
Queensland 28.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Health struggles are common here, with 13.2% of people reporting a mental health condition—well above the Australian average of 8.8%. Arthritis is the most frequent long-term condition at 17%, followed by mental health and asthma.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 26%.

None 49.4% One condition 23.3% Two conditions 10.3% Three or more 7.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (21%) and Mental health (16%), with Other condition at 14%.

Arthritis 17.0% Mental health 13.2% Other condition 10.9% Asthma 10.1% Heart disease 7.8% Diabetes 7.2% Lung condition 5.3% Cancer 5.1% Stroke 2.2% Dementia 1.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily life is more challenging for 11.7% of residents who need help with core activities, a figure that is well above the 5.8% national average. This need for support has risen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011.

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11.7% ▲ +35.6%

Higher than 99% 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 Torquay - Scarness - Kawungan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/319041520/torquay-scarness-kawungan/topic/health-disability