8.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fitzroy Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Fitzroy Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few residents of Fitzroy Island report living with long-term health issues, making it one of the healthiest areas in the region. Only 8.2% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 4.7% of people, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Most residents have no long-term health conditions at all, while 4.7% report having just one.
4.7%
Lower than 76% 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 Fitzroy Island, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with their daily activities. This is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 5.8% national figure.
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 Fitzroy Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31046/fitzroy-island/topic/health-disability