22.4%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fitzgerald Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fitzgerald Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 65.3% of people in Fitzgerald Creek have no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with the typical resident far less likely to live with a chronic illness than people across Queensland or Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. The most common issues reported are other conditions at 9.2% and mental health at 8.2%, while 8.2% of people have a mental health condition, which is about the same as the Australian average.
8.2%
Higher than 50% 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 Fitzgerald Creek, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, as only 3.1% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
3.1% ▲ +47.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Fitzgerald Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31044/fitzgerald-creek/topic/health-disability