30.7%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Palmwoods · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Palmwoods
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Palmwoods, affecting 10.5% of residents. More people here live with a chronic health condition compared to most other similar areas. About 30.7% of the population reports a long-term health issue, which is slightly above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 9.6% of the population, a rate higher than most similar areas. While 61.7% of residents have no long-term health issues, about 21.3% live with one condition.
9.6%
Higher than 64% 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 Palmwoods, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.6% of people in Palmwoods need some help with daily activities. This is a higher proportion than in most similar areas, though it is only slightly above the Queensland figure of 6.0%.
6.6% ▲ +24.7%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32265/palmwoods/topic/health-disability