22.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Roche Creek · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower rate of long-term health issues than the state average marks Roche Creek, where only 22.6% of people report a chronic condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%, though mental health challenges are slightly more common here than in many similar areas.
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health conditions are much less common than in most areas, 9.4% of residents live with a mental health condition, which is about the same as the Queensland figure. Cancer is the most reported long-term illness at 13.2%, and 73.6% of the population report having no long-term health conditions at all.
22.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
9.4%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Roche Creek, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Roche Creek reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% 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 Roche Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32446/roche-creek/topic/health-disability