23.5%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brisbane Inner - East · Sub-region (SA3)
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 2.8% of people in Brisbane Inner - East need help with daily activities, a figure that has barely changed since 2011. This is a remarkably healthy area where most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Long-term conditions people report.
Far fewer people here have a long-term health condition compared to the rest of the country, at 23.5%. Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 9.3%, which is about the same as the national figure.
23.5%
Lower than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
9.3%
Higher than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Brisbane Inner - East, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing assistance with daily tasks is among the lowest for similar areas. At 2.8%, this is well below the Queensland figure of 6.0%.
2.8% ▲ +15.5%
Lower than 94% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Brisbane Inner - East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30502/brisbane-inner-east/topic/health-disability