30.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Karana Downs · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Karana Downs
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 30.8% of people in Karana Downs live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7% and higher than most similar areas. The most common struggles are mental health and asthma, which both affect around 10% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 10.4%, which is a little above the national rate. Other common conditions include asthma (9.4%) and arthritis (8.1%), though 64.3% of residents report having no long-term health issues.
10.4%
Higher than 72% 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 Karana Downs, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A small number of residents need help with daily activities. At 4.3%, this is a little below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
4.3% ▲ +77.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Karana Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31486/karana-downs/topic/health-disability