26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mirriwinni · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About the same as the national figure, 26.8% of people in Mirriwinni live with a long-term health condition. This is slightly lower than the Queensland average. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition here at 8.9%, followed by mental health issues at 8.5%. This mental health rate is a little below the state figure and sits around the middle for similar areas.
26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
8.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Mirriwinni, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 19%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.5% of people need help with their daily activities. While this is higher than in most similar areas, it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.5% ▲ +47.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Mirriwinni [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31861/mirriwinni/topic/health-disability