19.1%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Forest Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Forest Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A remarkably low 19.1% of residents in Forest Creek live with a long-term health condition. This is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia. Most people here report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas, affecting only 2.2% of people. Among those with long-term health issues, the most common are other unspecified conditions (11%) and arthritis (8.8%).
2.2%
Lower than 88% 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 Forest Creek, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.1% —
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Forest Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31061/forest-creek/topic/health-disability