22.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ballard · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ballard
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 22.8% of people in Ballard report a long-term health condition, which is much lower than most similar areas. This makes the community far healthier than the state and national averages. Most residents here live without any chronic health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%, with 64.1% of people reporting no conditions at all. Asthma is the most common issue at 9%, while mental health conditions affect 8.4% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.4%
Higher 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 Ballard, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.8% of people in Ballard need help with daily activities. This is a little below the Queensland rate of 6.0% and about the same as the Australian average.
4.8% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Ballard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30129/ballard/topic/health-disability