50.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kilbirnie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kilbirnie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Half of all residents in Kilbirnie live with a long-term health condition, a rate far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This creates a striking gap in health outcomes for the area, though needs for daily assistance remain closer to the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Half of the population has a long-term health condition, which is 21 points higher than the Queensland average. Asthma (17.6%) and arthritis (14.7%) are the most common, while mental health conditions affect 7.4% of people, a figure slightly below the national average.
7.4%
Lower than 58% 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 Kilbirnie, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 39%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.4% of people in Kilbirnie need some help with their daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% typical across Australia.
4.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Kilbirnie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31526/kilbirnie/topic/health-disability