29.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Limestone Ridges · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Limestone Ridges
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health challenges are more common in Limestone Ridges than in most other areas, with 12.6% of residents reporting such a condition. While overall long-term health is about the same as the state average, the high rate of mental health issues stands out as a key feature of the local health profile.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 12.6%, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Other common issues include asthma (9.6%), arthritis (8.1%) and diabetes (7.4%), though over half of the population report having no long-term health conditions.
12.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Limestone Ridges, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.0% of people in Limestone Ridges need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 6.0%.
3.0% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.0%
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 Limestone Ridges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31662/limestone-ridges/topic/health-disability