29.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Shorncliffe · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Shorncliffe
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A slightly higher rate of long-term health issues marks Shorncliffe compared to the national figure. About 29.4% of residents live with a chronic condition, while nearly 10% deal with a mental health condition, which is higher than most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and mental health are the most common long-term conditions here, each affecting 9.6% of people. Most residents are healthy, with 64.3% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
9.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Shorncliffe, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.9% of the population. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 6.0%.
4.9% ▲ +16.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.9%
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 Shorncliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32558/shorncliffe/topic/health-disability