44.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hookswood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hookswood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people in Hookswood live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the state. Nearly 45% of residents have a lasting health issue, which is 16 percentage points above the Queensland figure. This makes it one of the areas with the highest rates of chronic illness at this level.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common issue here, affecting 19% of people. While 44.8% of residents report a long-term condition, mental health issues are slightly less common than in Queensland, with 8.6% of the population affected.
8.6%
Higher than 55% 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 Hookswood, the largest group is None at 42%, followed by One condition (32%) and Three or more (18%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.2% of people in Hookswood need some help with daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
5.2% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Hookswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31355/hookswood/topic/health-disability