22.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sugarloaf · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sugarloaf
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 22.3% of people in Sugarloaf live with a long-term health condition, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area much healthier than most other parts of the country. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here at 4.5%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Among those with health issues, asthma is the most frequent at 6.5%, followed by other conditions at 6.1%.
4.5%
Lower than 77% 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 Sugarloaf, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The need for help with daily activities is lower than most areas. Only 2.6% of people require this assistance, which is well below the 5.8% recorded across Australia.
2.6% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Sugarloaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32686/sugarloaf/topic/health-disability