28.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Speewah · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Speewah
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 28.6% of people in Speewah live with a long-term health condition. This is a similar rate to the rest of Queensland and the national figure. Most residents are healthy, with 62.7% reporting no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 11.6% of people. Mental health conditions are reported by 8.7% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure of 8.8%.
8.7%
Higher than 56% 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 Speewah, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for daily assistance is consistent with other areas, with 5.4% of people requiring help. This figure is about the same as the rates seen across Australia and Queensland.
5.4% ▲ +97.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Speewah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32615/speewah/topic/health-disability