23.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Marcus Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Marcus Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Marcus Beach than in the rest of the state. Only 23.7% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the Queensland figure. This trend of better-than-average health is seen across both physical and mental wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.1%, well below the 9.6% seen across Queensland. Among those with health issues, arthritis is the most frequent at 8.9%, while 67% of all residents have no long-term conditions at all.
6.1%
Lower than 69% 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 Marcus Beach, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is lower than most areas. Only 3.6% of people require such assistance, which is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.6% ▲ +51.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 3.0%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Marcus Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31762/marcus-beach/topic/health-disability