26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Longreach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Longreach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Better health outcomes than many similar areas define daily life in Longreach, where 26.8% of people live with a long-term health condition. This is lower than most other areas of its type. Most residents are healthy, with 58.4% of the population reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term health issue at 8.0%, followed closely by asthma at 7.7% and arthritis at 7.5%. These rates are a little below the Queensland figures, and only 3% of people are managing three or more conditions.
8.0%
Lower than 51% 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 Longreach, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is manageable for most, with 5.3% of people needing help with daily activities. This figure is about the same as the Queensland and national averages.
5.3% ▲ +25.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Longreach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31685/longreach/topic/health-disability