29.1%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Darling Heights · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Darling Heights
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Darling Heights than in most similar areas. While 29.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, this is only slightly above the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 10.7% of people, which is a little above the national figure of 8.8%. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 9.4% and arthritis at 8.1%.
10.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Darling Heights, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.0% of people in Darling Heights need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Queensland average.
6.0% ▲ +85.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Darling Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30809/darling-heights/topic/health-disability