22.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Ridgelands · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Ridgelands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Most residents in Ridgelands report no long-term health conditions, with 62.6% of people in this healthy area staying well. This is reflected in the fact that far fewer people here live with chronic health or mental health issues compared to the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.6% of people 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 2.1%, compared to 8.8% nationally.
2.1%
Lower 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 Ridgelands, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is much lower than most areas. Only 1.5% of people in Ridgelands require this support, which is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
1.5% ▲ —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 1.5%
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 Ridgelands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32427/ridgelands/topic/health-disability