16.3%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Masig Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Masig Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Very few people report long-term health issues in Masig Island, placing it among the healthiest similar areas. Only 16.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This reflects a community with a notably low burden of chronic disease.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at just 1.8%. For those with health issues, diabetes is the most common long-term condition at 8.1%, while 75.3% of the population report having no conditions at all.
1.8%
Lower than 90% 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 Masig Island, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people need help with daily activities here than in the rest of the country, with 4.2% requiring assistance compared to the Australian figure of 5.8%.
4.2% ▲ +25.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
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 Masig Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31783/masig-island/topic/health-disability