35.2%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Blantyre · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Blantyre
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A gap of 7.4 percentage points separates Blantyre from the national average for long-term health issues. While many residents live with chronic conditions, very few people here report needing daily assistance or living with mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 35.2% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Arthritis and asthma are the most common issues, though 0.0% of the population reported a mental health condition, a figure well below the national average.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Blantyre, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few residents require support in their everyday lives, with 0.0% needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 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 Blantyre [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30284/blantyre/topic/health-disability