17.1%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Poruma Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Poruma Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health reports have remained very low on Poruma Island, with few residents needing daily help. Only 17.1% of people live with a long-term health condition, a figure far below the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much lower here than in most areas, with 81.7% of residents reporting none. Diabetes is the most common issue at 10.4%, while 0.0% of the population reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Poruma Island, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one on the island reported needing help with daily activities, which is well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Poruma Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32355/poruma-island/topic/health-disability