19.6%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Iama Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Iama Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues on Iama Island than in the rest of the country. Only 19.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This low rate of illness is seen across both physical and mental health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Diabetes is the most common long-term condition at 12.0%, followed by heart disease at 6.9%. Overall, 72.4% of people have no long-term health conditions, and 0.0% reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Iama Island, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one on the island reported needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below the national figure of 5.8% and much lower than most other similar areas.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Iama Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31379/iama-island/topic/health-disability