20.9%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Walker · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mount Walker
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 20.9% of people in Mount Walker report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places. Most residents here live without any long-term health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
A typical resident is unlikely to have a chronic illness, with 74.4% reporting no long-term conditions. This is reflected in the mental health rate, which at 3.9% is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
3.9%
Lower than 80% 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 Walker, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.7% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the state and national averages and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.7% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Walker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32035/mount-walker/topic/health-disability