15.8%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Heathwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Heathwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 15.8% of people in Heathwood have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the healthiest areas at this level. Residents here report much lower rates of both physical and mental health struggles compared to the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are rare here, with 78.9% of people reporting none at all. Mental health conditions affect only 4.7% of the population, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. The most common reported conditions are asthma at 5.5% and other conditions at 5.1%.
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 Heathwood, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A small proportion of the population needs help with daily activities. At 2.8%, this figure is lower than most areas and well below the Queensland average of 6.0%.
2.8% ▲ +42.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Heathwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31311/heathwood/topic/health-disability