25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Draper · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Better health than most nearby areas makes daily life easier for many in Draper. Only 25.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%.
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 9.1%, while 7.2% of people report a mental health condition. This is a little below the national figure of 8.8%, and nearly 69% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
7.2%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Draper, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is lower than most areas, with only 3.5% of people requiring assistance. This is a little below both the Queensland figure of 6.0% and the Australian average of 5.8%.
3.5% ▲ +74.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Draper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30875/draper/topic/health-disability