24.0%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lowmead · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Lowmead
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Lowmead than in most other areas. Only 24% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area notably healthier in terms of chronic illness compared to both Queensland and the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.7% of people here, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Among those with long-term illness, arthritis and asthma are the most common at 6.1% each, while 56.4% of all residents report having no health conditions at all.
6.7%
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 Lowmead, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 5.6% of the population, a figure that is higher than in most similar areas. This is about the same as the Queensland rate of 6% and the Australian average of 5.8%.
5.6% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Lowmead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31699/lowmead/topic/health-disability