25.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Palm Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Palm Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term illness in Palm Beach than in most other similar areas. Just 25.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 8%, followed by mental health and asthma. Only 7.7% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Most residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
7.7%
Lower 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 Palm Beach, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for most here, with 4.4% of people needing help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
4.4% ▲ +2.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 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 Palm Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32257/palm-beach/topic/health-disability