25.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Chelmer · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Chelmer
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Chelmer than in most similar areas. Only 25.6% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here than across the state, with 70.2% of people reporting no conditions at all. Mental health conditions affect 7.8% of the population, which is a little below the Queensland average.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Chelmer, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people in Chelmer need some help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the Queensland and national rates.
5.1% ▲ +130.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Chelmer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30588/chelmer/topic/health-disability