24.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Murchison · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Murchison
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Mount Murchison compared to the rest of the state. Only 24.2% of residents report a chronic illness, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This stands out as the most striking health trend for the area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 8.6%, followed by mental health at 7.8% and diabetes at 7.0%. Most residents are healthy, with 60.9% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
7.8%
Lower than 53% 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 Murchison, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.3% of people need help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
6.3% ▲ —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Murchison [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32006/mount-murchison/topic/health-disability