36.1%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Saunders Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Saunders Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Saunders Beach live with a long-term health condition. This rate is well above the national figure, meaning a larger proportion of the community manages ongoing health issues compared to most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are much more common here than in most areas, with 36.1% of people reporting a condition. Arthritis is the most frequent at 14.0%, and mental health conditions are also well above the national average at 11.9%.
11.9%
Higher than 83% 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 Saunders Beach, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common in Saunders Beach than in similar areas. Around 7.8% of residents require this support, which is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
7.8% ▲ +165.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 7.8%
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 Saunders Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32521/saunders-beach/topic/health-disability