Karumba · Suburb / Locality

Health & Disability in Karumba

Name: Health & Disability in Karumba — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

More people in Karumba live with a long-term health condition than is typical across Australia. About 30.8% of residents have a lasting health issue, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%.

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Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition at 14.8%, and while overall health issues are more common here, the 6.4% of people with a mental health condition is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Karumba, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 21%.

None 55.0% One condition 17.9% Two conditions 7.8% Three or more 5.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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In Karumba, the largest group is Arthritis at 27%, followed by Asthma (16%) and Diabetes (13%).

Arthritis 14.8% Asthma 8.6% Diabetes 7.4% Mental health 6.4% Other condition 6.4% Heart disease 5.1% Lung condition 2.9% Cancer 2.7% Stroke 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

A little fewer people in Karumba need help with daily activities compared to the rest of the country, with 4.7% requiring assistance against a national figure of 5.8%.

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 Karumba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31492/karumba/topic/health-disability

Where Karumba sits — People with a long-term health condition