35.7%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fairymead · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fairymead
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Fairymead live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure. This high rate of chronic illness is most often linked to arthritis and asthma, though very few residents report needing daily help or living with mental health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 35.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure well above the 28.8% seen in Queensland. Arthritis is the most common ailment at 21.4%, followed by asthma at 10.7%, though no residents reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Fairymead, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 38%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Fairymead reports needing help with daily activities, which is well below the 5.8% national average.
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 Fairymead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31018/fairymead/topic/health-disability