14.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lawes · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lawes
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 14.3% of people in Lawes report a long-term health condition, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. This makes the community far healthier than the state and national averages. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%, with asthma being the most common at 5.7%. Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas at 4.8%, well below the national figure of 8.8%.
4.8%
Lower than 76% 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 Lawes, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Lawes reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and the 6.0% Queensland average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Lawes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31644/lawes/topic/health-disability