21.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kirkwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kirkwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 71% of people in Kirkwood report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most others, with far fewer residents living with chronic illness compared to the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 21.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. While overall health is strong, 9.2% of people live with a mental health condition, a rate that is higher than most similar areas.
9.2%
Higher than 61% 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 Kirkwood, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 6.0% and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.0% ▲ +87.1%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Kirkwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31556/kirkwood/topic/health-disability