23.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Freshwater
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well under the state and national figures, only 23.6% of people in Freshwater report a long-term health condition. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with over 70% of residents living without any long-term health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.5%, which is about the same as the national figure. Other common issues include arthritis at 6.9% and asthma at 5.8%.
8.5%
Higher than 53% 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 Freshwater, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Few people in Freshwater require help with daily activities, with only 3.8% needing assistance, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.8% ▲ +23.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31087/freshwater/topic/health-disability