25.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tolga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tolga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well below the Queensland average for chronic illness, Tolga has a healthier profile than most similar areas. Only 25.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is 3.5 percentage points lower than the state figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are notably less common here at 5.9%, well below the 9.6% seen across Queensland. Arthritis is the most reported long-term ailment at 8.4%, while 62.6% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
5.9%
Lower than 71% 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 Tolga, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Few residents require help with daily tasks. At 4.0%, the proportion of people needing this assistance is a little below both the state and national figures.
4.0% ▲ +12.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Tolga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32840/tolga/topic/health-disability