22.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Owens Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Owens Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with chronic illness in Owens Creek compared to most other areas. Only 22.8% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This means a larger proportion of the population enjoys better overall health than the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 8.8%, followed by mental health at 7.3%. Nearly half of all residents report having no long-term health conditions at all, contributing to the area's low overall rate of illness.
7.3%
Lower than 59% 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 Owens Creek, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is less affected by disability here, with only 4.7% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
4.7% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 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 Owens Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32240/owens-creek/topic/health-disability