33.2%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Petrie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Petrie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people live with long-term health challenges in Petrie than in most other similar areas. One in three residents reports a long-term condition, which is well above the national figure. This includes a notably high rate of mental health conditions affecting 13.4% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 13.4%, a figure well above both the state and national averages. Other frequent conditions include asthma at 10.5%, arthritis at 9.0%, and diabetes at 4.5%.
13.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Petrie, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.9% of people in Petrie need help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
5.9% ▲ +76.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32303/petrie/topic/health-disability