18.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Thursday Island · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Thursday Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people reported long-term health struggles in Thursday Island in 2021 compared to previous years. This is a healthy community where only 18.1% of residents live with a long-term condition, a figure far below the Queensland average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Diabetes is the most common long-term health issue at 7%, while only 3% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Most people here are healthy, with 72.4% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
3.0%
Lower than 84% 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 Thursday Island, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is manageable for most, as only 3.5% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
3.5% ▲ +16.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Thursday Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32823/thursday-island/topic/health-disability