29.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hughenden · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hughenden
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue in Hughenden, affecting 9.8% of residents. Most people here live without a chronic health condition, and the area reports a much lower rate of mental health issues than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the Australian figure of 27.7%. Notably, only 5.5% of residents have a mental health condition, a figure that is well below both the state and national averages.
5.5%
Lower than 73% 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 Hughenden, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.8% of the population, which is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the Queensland average of 6.0%.
4.8% ▼ -19.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Hughenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31369/hughenden/topic/health-disability