22.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Farnsfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Farnsfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Farnsfield than in the rest of the state. Only 22.1% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This makes the area much healthier than most similar regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also less common here, at 6.3%, which is well below the state average. Most people report no long-term health issues at all, while the most frequent conditions are arthritis, asthma, and other miscellaneous ailments.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Farnsfield, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Virtually no one in Farnsfield needs help with daily activities. At 0.0%, this is much lower than most areas and well below the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.3%
- 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 Farnsfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31021/farnsfield/topic/health-disability