14.5%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dauan Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dauan Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Almost 74% of people on Dauan Island report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the island a very healthy place compared to the rest of the country, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or disability than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 14.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions were not reported at all, and the most common long-term illnesses are asthma, arthritis, and diabetes.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Dauan Island, None is the majority at 85%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is rarely needed here, with only 2.3% of people requiring assistance. This is well below the 5.8% typical for Australia.
2.3% ▼ -49.6%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 2.3%
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 Dauan Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30814/dauan-island/topic/health-disability