30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marburg · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Marburg
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Higher rates of mental health conditions and disability set Marburg apart from other similar areas. While about 30.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, the proportion of people reporting mental health struggles is much higher than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 11.7% of people, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Other common long-term health issues in the area include asthma at 9.6% and arthritis at 9.3%.
11.7%
Higher than 81% 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 Marburg, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 7.4% of residents, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the national rate of 5.8%.
7.4% ▲ +121.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Marburg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31760/marburg/topic/health-disability