7.7%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Elgin · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Elgin
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people deal with long-term illness in Elgin than in most other areas. Only 7.7% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Most residents here have no long-term health issues, with 78.8% reporting none at all. Those who do have a condition typically have just one, with mental health being the only condition reported at 7.7%.
7.7%
Lower than 54% 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 Elgin, None is the majority at 91%; One condition is next at 9%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Queensland figure 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 Elgin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30958/elgin/topic/health-disability