23.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sunshine Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sunshine Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 67.3% of residents in Sunshine Beach report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with very few people requiring daily assistance or managing chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.0% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This includes mental health conditions, which are reported by 6.2% of residents—a little below the national figure.
6.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Sunshine Beach, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by just 2.9% of the population. This is well below the 6.0% seen across Queensland and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
2.9% ▲ +28.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Sunshine Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32700/sunshine-beach/topic/health-disability