29.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Point Arkwright · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Point Arkwright
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of the people in Point Arkwright report no long-term health conditions. While most residents are healthy, about 10.7% live with a mental health condition, which is higher than the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 29.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure about the same as the Queensland average. Mental health and arthritis are the most common issues here, both affecting 10.7% of the population.
10.7%
Higher than 74% 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 Point Arkwright, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.6% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
3.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
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 Point Arkwright [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32342/point-arkwright/topic/health-disability