24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Taroomball · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Taroomball than in the rest of Queensland. Only 24.8% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the state average. This trend of better-than-average health is seen across both physical and mental wellbeing.
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 6.6% of people have a mental health condition, a figure well below the Queensland average. Asthma and arthritis are the most common long-term health issues here, while 65.8% of residents report having no long-term conditions at all.
24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
6.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Taroomball, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 21%.
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people in Taroomball need help with daily activities compared to the national figure, with 4.2% requiring assistance.
4.2% ▲ +62.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Taroomball [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32756/taroomball/topic/health-disability