25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Felton · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Felton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 65% of people in Felton report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area generally healthier than most, with a particularly low rate of mental health conditions compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure. Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas, at 4.5%, while arthritis and asthma are the most common reported illnesses.
4.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Felton, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.0% of people in Felton need help with daily activities. This is well below the Queensland figure of 6.0% and lower than most similar areas.
3.0% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Felton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31026/felton/topic/health-disability