32.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Burnside · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Burnside
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term health issue in Burnside, where 11.9% of people report this struggle. This is a community with a higher rate of health challenges than most similar areas, affecting roughly a third of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.7% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure well above the national average of 27.7%. This includes mental health, other conditions and arthritis as the most frequent reports, with 4.2% of people managing three or more conditions.
11.9%
Higher than 82% 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 Burnside, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is much higher here than in most areas. About 8.7% of people require this assistance, which is a little above the 6.0% seen across Queensland.
8.7% ▲ +14.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 8.7%
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 Burnside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30450/burnside/topic/health-disability