30.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Highland Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Highland Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Highland Park is shaped by a health profile that is fairly typical for the region. About 30.4% of people live with a long-term health condition, a figure slightly above the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 10.5% of people. While 8.4% of residents have a mental health condition, this is a little below the Queensland figure.
8.4%
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 Highland Park, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 6.0% of the population, which is higher than most similar areas.
6.0% ▲ +66.7%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Highland Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31333/highland-park/topic/health-disability