29.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bloomfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bloomfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report mental health conditions in Bloomfield compared to the rest of the state. While 29.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, this is only slightly above the national figure of 27.7%. Overall, health trends here are broadly typical for Queensland, despite a notably lower rate of mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 5.3% of people report a mental health condition, which is well below the 9.6% seen across Queensland. Most residents have no long-term health issues, though for those who do, arthritis is the most common at 9.2%.
5.3%
Lower than 74% 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 Bloomfield, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 3.9% of people in Bloomfield need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below both the state and national averages.
3.9% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Bloomfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30288/bloomfield/topic/health-disability