30.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Pleasant
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 30.3% of people in Mount Pleasant live with a long-term health condition. This is a little above the national figure of 27.7%, with asthma and arthritis being the most common long-term health issues reported by residents.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 30.3% of the population, which is slightly higher than the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are reported by 9.0% of residents, a rate about the same as the national figure.
9.0%
Higher than 58% 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 Pleasant, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people in Mount Pleasant need help with daily activities compared to the rest of the country, with 4.4% requiring assistance against a national figure of 5.8%.
4.4% ▲ +346.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 1.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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/SAL32015/mount-pleasant/topic/health-disability