17.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bedourie · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of the people in Bedourie report having no long-term health conditions. This is a very healthy population, with far fewer people dealing with chronic illness or disability compared to the rest of the state and country.
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.0%, well below the state average of 9.6%.
17.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
6.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Bedourie, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 18%.
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is much lower than in most areas, with only 2.0% of people requiring assistance compared to 6.0% in Queensland.
2.0% ▼ -29.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Bedourie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30195/bedourie/topic/health-disability