12.7%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bamaga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bamaga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 72% of people in Bamaga report having no long-term health conditions. This is a very healthy result for the area, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness or mental health struggles compared to the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 12.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas at just 1%, while diabetes is the most common reported condition at 5.7%.
1.0%
Lower than 94% 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 Bamaga, None is the majority at 85%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is very low in Bamaga. At 1.9%, this is well below both the Australian average of 5.8% and the state figure of 6.0%.
1.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
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 Bamaga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30135/bamaga/topic/health-disability