34.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Toowoomba City · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Toowoomba City
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than a third of people in Toowoomba City live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure. This high rate of illness is seen across the area, particularly with mental health conditions being far more common here than in other similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are among the highest at this level, affecting 15.7% of residents, which is well above the 8.8% national figure. Other common long-term illnesses include arthritis at 10.3% and asthma at 9.0%.
15.7%
Higher than 93% 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 Toowoomba City, None is the majority at 59%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common here than in most areas. About 9.9% of people require this assistance, a figure well above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
9.9% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 9.9%
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 Toowoomba City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32855/toowoomba-city/topic/health-disability