22.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Comet · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Comet
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 62.8% of residents in Comet report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with far fewer people dealing with chronic illness or mental health struggles compared to the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also less common here, affecting 5.8% of residents, while asthma is the most reported long-term health issue at 9.4%.
5.8%
Lower than 71% 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 Comet, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is low in Comet, with only 3.1% of people requiring assistance. This is a little below the 6.0% seen across Queensland and the 5.8% national figure.
3.1% ▲ +79.9%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 0.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Comet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30656/comet/topic/health-disability