30.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Rasmussen · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Rasmussen
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Rasmussen than in most similar areas. While 30.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, the rate of mental health issues is particularly high at 11.6%, which is above both the state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 11.6%, followed by arthritis at 9.4% and asthma at 9.2%. Most people here have no long-term health conditions, but 19.7% of residents live with one.
11.6%
Higher than 80% 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 Rasmussen, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is more challenging for a larger share of the population here than in most other areas. About 7.4% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
7.4% ▲ +54.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Rasmussen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32393/rasmussen/topic/health-disability