23.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Luke · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Luke
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around 76.5% of people in Mount Luke report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, as the typical resident is far less likely to live with a chronic illness than people across Queensland or Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.5% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. However, mental health conditions are slightly more common here than in the rest of the country, affecting 9.8% of the population.
9.8%
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 Mount Luke, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is more challenging for some here, with 9.8% of people needing assistance with daily activities. This is well above both the Queensland figure of 6.0% and the Australian average of 5.8%.
9.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.8%
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 Mount Luke [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31987/mount-luke/topic/health-disability