18.3%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Doolandella · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Doolandella
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly three quarters of residents in Doolandella report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other regions, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or mental health struggles compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 18.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.1%, well below the state average of 9.6%.
6.1%
Lower than 69% 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 Doolandella, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A small proportion of the population needs help with daily activities, at 3.7%. This is a little below both the Australian average of 5.8% and the Queensland figure of 6.0%.
3.7% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Doolandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30863/doolandella/topic/health-disability