27.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ashmore · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ashmore
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 27.3% of people in Ashmore live with a long-term health condition. This rate is around the middle for similar areas and sits just below the Queensland figure. Most residents are healthy, with 61.6% reporting no long-term health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 9.3%, followed by mental health conditions at 7.8%. This mental health rate is a little below the state figure and about the same as the national average.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Ashmore, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 5.4% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
5.4% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Ashmore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30093/ashmore/topic/health-disability