24.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
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Health & Disability in The Leap
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in The Leap than in most similar areas. Only 24.4% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area notably healthier than both the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 6.6% of residents, a figure well below the Queensland rate of 9.6%. The most common long-term health issues include arthritis at 7.2% and asthma at 6.5%, while 64.3% of people report having no conditions at all.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 The Leap, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily tasks is very low here, with only 2.0% of people requiring assistance. This is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia and the 6.0% average for Queensland.
2.0% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 2.3%
- 2021: 2.0%
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 The Leap [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32797/the-leap/topic/health-disability