42.1%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bethania · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bethania
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher proportion of people in Bethania live with long-term health issues compared to the rest of the country. About 42% of residents have a long-term condition, which is 14 percentage points above the national figure. This high rate of illness is reflected in the significant number of people requiring daily support.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 14.2% of people here, a figure well above the 8.8% seen across Australia. Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 15.6%, followed by mental health and asthma.
14.2%
Higher than 90% 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 Bethania, None is the majority at 52%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common in Bethania than elsewhere, with 14.5% of residents requiring assistance. This is well above the Queensland figure of 6%.
14.5% ▲ +101.8%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 15.2%
- 2021: 14.5%
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 Bethania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30242/bethania/topic/health-disability