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Health & Disability in Mount Pleasant

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Mount Pleasant, affecting 10.1% of residents. About 29.2% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is slightly higher than the national figure of 27.7%.

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📍 Mount Pleasant, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Pleasant sits — People with a long-term health condition

29.2%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Pleasant — higher than 52% of areas.

Mount Pleasant29.2%
4740, QLD 26.9%
Queensland 28.8%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Most residents here are free of long-term health issues, but 7.6% have a mental health condition, which is a little below both the state and national rates. Other common conditions include asthma at 7.4% and heart disease at 5.5%.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Mount Pleasant, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 61.5% One condition 20.1% Two conditions 5.9% Three or more 3.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Mount Pleasant — Arthritis leads at 20%, ahead of Mental health (15%) and Asthma (15%).

Arthritis 10.1% Mental health 7.6% Asthma 7.4% Other condition 7.3% Heart disease 5.5% Diabetes 5.1% Cancer 3.4% Lung condition 1.9% Stroke 0.7% Dementia 0.7%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily living assistance is needed by 5.4% of people, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.

People needing help with daily activities

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5.4% ▲ +57.7%

Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.

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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32014/mount-pleasant/topic/health-disability