24.0%
Lower than 76% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sherwood - Indooroopilly · Sub-region (SA3)
Health & Disability in Sherwood - Indooroopilly
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 71% of people in Sherwood - Indooroopilly report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with far fewer people living with chronic illness than the state or national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health is the most common condition at 9.2%, which is about the same as the rest of Australia.
9.2%
Higher than 52% 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 Sherwood - Indooroopilly, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 3.3% of the population, among the lowest for this level. This figure is a little below the national average, though it has risen by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
3.3% ▲ +38.7%
Lower than 90% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Sherwood - Indooroopilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30403/sherwood-indooroopilly/topic/health-disability