21.4%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Smithfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Smithfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much fewer people report long-term health issues in Smithfield than in most other similar areas. Only 21.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure that is well below both the Queensland and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are reported by just 21.4% of the population, with 70.3% of people having none at all. Mental health is the most common condition at 7.4%, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Smithfield, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.1% of the population. This is around the middle for similar areas and sits a little below the Queensland rate of 6.0%.
4.1% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Smithfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32579/smithfield/topic/health-disability