26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Diglum · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Diglum
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people need help with daily activities in Diglum than in the rest of the state. This sparsely populated area reports lower rates of long-term health and mental health conditions compared to most other similar regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 7.1%, while arthritis is the most reported long-term health issue at 7.1%.
7.1%
Lower than 60% 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 Diglum, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Diglum reported needing help with daily activities, a result that is well below the national figure of 5.8% and the state average of 6.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Diglum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30844/diglum/topic/health-disability