25.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dakenba · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dakenba
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people struggle with long-term health issues in Dakenba than in the rest of the state. Only 25.2% of residents live with a long-term condition, a figure well below the Queensland average. This trend is especially clear for mental health, which is much lower here than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect just 4.7% of the population, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Most residents are healthy, with 73.2% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
4.7%
Lower than 76% 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 Dakenba, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, as only 2.4% of people need assistance with daily activities. This is well below the 6% recorded across Queensland.
2.4% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Dakenba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30790/dakenba/topic/health-disability