21.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pauls Pocket · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pauls Pocket
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of long-term illness than most similar areas define Pauls Pocket. Only 21.1% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The typical resident here is healthy, with 76.3% reporting no long-term conditions. This is well below the Queensland average of 28.8%, while those with mental health conditions sit at 7.9%, which is about the same as the national figure.
7.9%
Lower than 52% 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 Pauls Pocket, None is the majority at 76%; Two conditions is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of illness, 15.8% of people need help with daily activities. This is far above the Australian average of 5.8% and among the highest for similar areas.
15.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 15.8%
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 Pauls Pocket [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32285/pauls-pocket/topic/health-disability