38.5%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oyster Creek · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Oyster Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Oyster Creek involves a significant struggle with chronic illness for many residents. While 38.5% of people live with a long-term health condition—a figure far above the national average—very few of these residents require daily assistance or report mental health issues.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are very common here, with arthritis (23.1%) and asthma (10.3%) being the most reported. This rate is well above the Queensland figure of 28.8%, though notably, 0.0% of residents reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Oyster Creek, None is the majority at 56%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is relatively independent for most, as 0.0% of people need help with daily activities. This is well below both the Australian figure of 5.8% and the state average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Oyster Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32244/oyster-creek/topic/health-disability