18.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bamboo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bamboo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health and wellbeing in Bamboo have remained strong over the last decade. Only 18% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure that is far below the Queensland average of 28.8%. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 5% of people here, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Most residents are healthy, with 71.2% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
5.0%
Lower than 75% 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 Bamboo, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.3% of people in Bamboo need some help with daily activities. This is a little below the Australian rate of 5.8% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.3% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Bamboo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30137/bamboo/topic/health-disability