27.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Alice River · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Alice River
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Alice River live with long-term health conditions compared to most similar areas. While long-term health is generally better than the state average, mental health conditions are more common here than in many other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is slightly lower than the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health is the most common condition at 9.6%, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
9.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality 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 Alice River, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 4.5% of the population. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8% and the state figure of 6%.
4.5% ▲ +71.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30034/alice-river/topic/health-disability