28.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hervey Range · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hervey Range
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common long-term health issues in Hervey Range, with 8.5% of people reporting each. Most residents here are healthy, and the overall rates of long-term conditions and disability are very similar to the state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 28.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Mental health conditions are slightly less common here than in the rest of the state, affecting 7.8% of residents.
7.8%
Lower 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 Hervey Range, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people in Hervey Range need help with their daily activities compared to the state and national figures, with 4.1% of the population requiring assistance.
4.1% —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Hervey Range [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31325/hervey-range/topic/health-disability