28.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mossman · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mossman
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Almost 60% of people in Mossman report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area is roughly in line with state and national trends for overall health, though it has a higher-than-average number of people needing help with daily tasks.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 28.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Asthma is the most common condition at 7.8%, while 7.4% of people report a mental health condition, a figure slightly below the national average.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Mossman, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher proportion of people in Mossman need help with daily activities compared to most other areas. At 6.7%, this is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
6.7% ▲ +39.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 6.7%
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 Mossman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31929/mossman/topic/health-disability