14.3%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Upper Daintree · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Upper Daintree
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Some of the lowest rates of illness are found in Upper Daintree, where only 14.3% of people report a long-term health condition. This is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Overall, residents here appear exceptionally healthy compared to both the state and the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Just 14.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below Queensland's 28.8%. No residents reported a mental health condition, a figure well below the national average of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Upper Daintree, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% national figure and the 6% seen across Queensland.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
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 Upper Daintree [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32904/upper-daintree/topic/health-disability