18.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Paluma · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Paluma
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Paluma than in most similar areas. Only 18.4% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a community with a notably higher level of general health than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The rate of long-term health conditions is far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%, with 65.5% of people reporting no conditions at all. Mental health conditions affect 8% of residents, which is about the same as the Australian average.
8.0%
Lower than 51% 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 Paluma, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 4.6% of people in Paluma need some help with daily activities. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8% and the state average of 6%.
4.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.6%
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 Paluma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32267/paluma/topic/health-disability