25.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Calliope · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Calliope
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much fewer people live with long-term health issues in Calliope than in the rest of Queensland. Only 25.2% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the state figure of 28.8%. This makes the area healthier than most similar places across the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here, with mental health (8.7%) and asthma (8.5%) being the most reported issues. Most residents—65.5%—report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.7%
Higher than 55% 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 Calliope, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.6% of people in Calliope need some help with their daily activities. This is a little below both the Queensland figure of 6.0% and the national average of 5.8%.
4.6% ▲ +20.4%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30491/calliope/topic/health-disability