26.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lower Mount Walker · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lower Mount Walker
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Lower Mount Walker than in most similar areas. Only 26.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also less common here, affecting 6.8% of people, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Most residents have no long-term health conditions at all, while 19.8% live with one.
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Mount Walker, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Lower Mount Walker require help with daily activities. At 1.6%, this is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
1.6% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.6%
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 Mount Walker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31693/lower-mount-walker/topic/health-disability