27.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Doughboy · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Doughboy
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are far more common in Doughboy than in most other areas, affecting 13.6% of residents. While overall long-term health issues are around the national average, the high rate of mental health struggles stands out as the primary health concern here.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 27.3% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is slightly lower than the Queensland figure. However, the 13.6% rate of mental health conditions is well above both the state and national figures.
13.6%
Higher than 89% 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 →Doughboy splits fairly evenly between None (36%) and Two conditions (36%), with One condition at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Doughboy reported needing help with daily activities, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.5%
- 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 Doughboy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30869/doughboy/topic/health-disability