22.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Parkinson · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Parkinson
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 73.4% of people in Parkinson report having no long-term health conditions. This means the area is much healthier than most similar places, with far fewer residents living with chronic illnesses compared to both Queensland and the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the state figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.5%, a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
6.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Parkinson, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.1% of people need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.
5.1% ▲ +67.9%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Parkinson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32274/parkinson/topic/health-disability