24.9%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lower Beechmont · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lower Beechmont
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Lower Beechmont than in the rest of Queensland. Only 24.9% of residents report a lasting health condition, which is well below the state figure of 28.8%. This makes the area healthier than most similar places across the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 24.9% of people have a long-term health condition, with mental health (8.4%) and arthritis (8.1%) being the most common. Most residents are healthy, as 65.2% report having no long-term conditions at all.
8.4%
Higher than 53% 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 Lower Beechmont, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.7% of the population. This is a little below both the Queensland figure of 6.0% and the national average of 5.8%.
4.7% ▲ +47.0%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Lower Beechmont [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31689/lower-beechmont/topic/health-disability