11.7%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Moreton Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Moreton Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 11.7% of people on Moreton Island have a long-term health condition, a figure far below the national average. This makes the area one of the healthiest of its kind. Very few residents report needing any help with daily activities.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at 3.9%, while asthma is the most common long-term illness at 7.2%. More than half of the population report having no long-term health conditions at all.
3.9%
Lower than 80% 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 Moreton Island, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one on Moreton Island reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the Queensland figure of 6.0% and the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Moreton Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31917/moreton-island/topic/health-disability