27.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Peeramon · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Peeramon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report mental health struggles in Peeramon compared to the rest of the state. While about 27.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, this is roughly in line with national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.2% of the population, which is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 9.9%, while 63% of all residents report having no long-term conditions.
6.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Peeramon, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.4% of the population, which is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
4.4% ▲ +50.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Peeramon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32291/peeramon/topic/health-disability