25.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brookfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brookfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Brookfield than in most similar areas. Only 25.9% of residents report a lasting health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a healthier-than-average population across the suburb.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are well below the state figure at 5.9%. Most residents have no long-term health issues at all, while the most common reported conditions are other illnesses, arthritis, and asthma.
5.9%
Lower than 71% 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 Brookfield, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.0% of people in Brookfield need help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
6.0% ▲ +177.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Brookfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30386/brookfield/topic/health-disability