20.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Birdsville · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Birdsville
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer residents live with chronic illness in Birdsville than in the rest of the country. Only 20.9% of people report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population with a relatively low burden of long-term disease.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 10.9%, while 6.4% of people have a mental health condition, a rate well below Queensland's 9.6%. Over half of the population reports no long-term health conditions at all.
6.4%
Lower than 67% 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 Birdsville, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life in Birdsville requires very little formal support, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Birdsville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30259/birdsville/topic/health-disability