28.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Alva · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Alva
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with mental health conditions in Alva than in the rest of the country. While 5.6% of residents report a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure, the area sees a higher own proportion of people needing daily help.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 28.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is roughly the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Arthritis is the most common long-term issue at 12.6%, while 54.2% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.6%
Lower than 72% 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 Alva, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little more than the state and national averages, 7.0% of people in Alva need some help with their daily activities. This is much higher than most similar areas.
7.0% ▲ +388.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Alva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30048/alva/topic/health-disability