30.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Parklands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Parklands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than twice as many people in Parklands need help with daily activities compared to the national figure. This high level of need is reflected in the local health profile, where 30.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is a significant concern here, affecting 12.6% of people, which is well above the Australian figure of 8.8%. Other common long-term conditions include arthritis at 12.1% and asthma at 9.1%.
12.6%
Higher than 86% 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 Parklands, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 12.1% of residents need assistance with daily activities, a rate that is among the highest for similar areas and well above the Queensland figure of 6.0%.
12.1% ▲ +89.9%
Higher than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 12.1%
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 Parklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32275/parklands/topic/health-disability