23.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brookstead · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brookstead
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 23.1% of people in Brookstead have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places. Residents here report far fewer chronic illnesses and mental health struggles than the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are particularly uncommon here, affecting just 3.8% of people compared to 8.8% across Australia. Among those with long-term health issues, asthma is the most frequent at 12.6%, while 62.6% of the population reports having no long-term conditions at all.
3.8%
Lower than 80% 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 Brookstead, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.9% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and just a little below the Queensland average of 6.0%.
4.9% ▲ +49.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Brookstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30389/brookstead/topic/health-disability