19.5%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Basalt · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Basalt
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Basalt than in most other areas. Only 19.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the community's overall health profile much stronger than the typical Australian region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are uncommon here, with 55.8% of people reporting none at all. This includes mental health conditions, which affect 5.6% of residents—well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%.
5.6%
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 Basalt, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.7% of people in Basalt need help with daily activities. This is a little below the national average of 5.8%.
4.7% ▲ +17.8%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Basalt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30180/basalt/topic/health-disability