25.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mission Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mission Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A lower rate of long-term illness than the state average defines the health profile of Mission Beach. Only 25.6% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term ailment affecting 10.4% of people, while 7.5% live with a mental health condition. This is a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Most residents have no long-term health issues at all.
7.5%
Lower than 56% 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 Mission Beach, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.9% of people in Mission Beach need some help with their daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and a little below the Queensland rate of 6.0%.
4.9% ▲ +57.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31863/mission-beach/topic/health-disability