22.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dotswood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dotswood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with chronic illness in Dotswood than in most other areas. Only 22.9% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a remarkably healthy community compared to the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 6% of residents, a figure well below the Queensland average. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 13.3%, while 60.2% of the population has no long-term conditions at all.
6.0%
Lower than 70% 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 Dotswood, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Dotswood reports needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than most areas and well below the 5.8% national figure.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.0%
- 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 Dotswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30868/dotswood/topic/health-disability