28.9%
Higher than 57% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Chermside · Sub-region (SA3)
Health & Disability in Chermside
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over 10% of people in Chermside live with a mental health condition, which is higher than most similar areas. While most residents report no long-term health issues, about 28.9% manage a chronic condition. This rate is slightly above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 10.4%, followed by other conditions (9.1%) and asthma (8.5%). While 64.5% of people have no long-term health issues, about 20% of the population lives with one condition.
10.4%
Higher than 73% of sub-region (sa3) 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 Chermside, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.5% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the state and national levels. This is an increase from 2011, when the rate was 4.2%.
5.5% ▲ +33.2%
Lower than 53% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30202/chermside/topic/health-disability