25.7%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Sylvia · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Sylvia
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A striking 10% of people in Mount Sylvia need help with daily activities, which is well above the national figure. While a smaller share of residents live with long-term health conditions compared to the rest of the state, those who do require significant support is much more common here.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure well below the Queensland average. Arthritis is the most common issue at 14.3%, and most people here have either no long-term conditions or just one.
8.6%
Higher than 54% 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 Sylvia, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for assistance with daily tasks is much higher than in most similar areas. At 10%, this rate is well above both the Queensland figure of 6% and the Australian average of 5.8%.
10.0% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.1%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 10.0%
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 Sylvia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32028/mount-sylvia/topic/health-disability