Gladstone · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Gladstone

Name: Health & Disability in Gladstone — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

A far higher share of people live with long-term health issues in Gladstone than in the rest of the state. About 38.2% of residents have a long-term condition, which is 11 percentage points above the New South Wales figure.

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📍 Gladstone, Suburb / Locality

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition here at 12.8%, followed by asthma and mental health. Mental health conditions are slightly more common than the state average, affecting 9.4% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Gladstone, None is the majority at 58%; One condition is next at 28%.

None 51.5% One condition 24.9% Three or more 6.6% Two conditions 5.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Gladstone splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (20%) and Asthma (15%), with Mental health at 15%.

Arthritis 12.8% Asthma 9.8% Mental health 9.4% Other condition 9.2% Heart disease 6.6% Diabetes 5.7% Cancer 3.7% Lung condition 2.7% Dementia 2.1% Stroke 1.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily assistance is needed by 6.4% of people in Gladstone, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the national average.

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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11643/gladstone/topic/health-disability

Where Gladstone sits — People with a long-term health condition