19.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pioneer · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 66.3% of people in Pioneer report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other regions, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or mental health struggles.
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 19% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here at 4.3%, compared to 8.8% across Australia.
19.0%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
4.3%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Pioneer, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 16%.
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is lower than in most areas. At 3.2%, this is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.2% ▲ +82.1%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Pioneer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32333/pioneer/topic/health-disability