27.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Barcaldine · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Barcaldine
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of the people in Barcaldine report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the town's overall health profile fairly typical for its kind, though it stands out for having a much lower rate of mental health conditions than the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is similar to the national figure. Asthma and arthritis are the most common issues, while mental health conditions affect 5.7% of people, a rate well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
5.7%
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 Barcaldine, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.9% of people in Barcaldine need help with daily activities. This is a little below the Queensland average and about the same as the national figure.
4.9% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Barcaldine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30153/barcaldine/topic/health-disability