35.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Miriam Vale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Miriam Vale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Miriam Vale now live with long-term health issues than in previous years. About 35.3% of the population has a chronic condition, a figure well above the national average. This reflects a community where health challenges are more common than in most other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are very common here, with arthritis being the most reported at 14.6%. While 9.7% of people have a mental health condition, this is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
9.7%
Higher than 66% 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 Miriam Vale, None is the majority at 61%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is among the highest for similar areas in 10.1% of residents. This is well above the 6.0% seen across Queensland and the 5.8% national figure.
10.1% ▲ +86.5%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Miriam Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31860/miriam-vale/topic/health-disability