21.2%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Emerald · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Emerald
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 67% of people in Emerald have no long-term health conditions, making it a remarkably healthy place. This is a community where long-term health issues are far less common than in most other Australian areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 21.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Asthma is the most reported condition at 7.7%, while 7.3% of people have a mental health condition, a rate slightly below the national figure.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Emerald, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 3.4%, which is lower than most similar areas and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.4% ▲ +98.7%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Emerald [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30973/emerald/topic/health-disability