24.6%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Burua · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Burua
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Burua than in the rest of the state. Only 24.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Most of the population stays healthy, with 65.6% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 8.5% of people, which is about the same as the national figure. Other frequent issues include asthma at 7.3% and arthritis at 6.6%.
8.5%
Higher than 54% 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 Burua, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.2% of the population. This is a little below both the Queensland (6.0%) and Australian (5.8%) figures.
4.2% ▲ +79.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Burua [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30459/burua/topic/health-disability