30.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Walligan · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Walligan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are much more common in Walligan than in most similar areas. About 11.4% of residents live with a mental health condition, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Overall, health and disability patterns here are relatively typical for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.6% of people have a long-term health condition, a figure slightly higher than the national average. Mental health is the most common issue at 11.4%, followed by arthritis at 9.8% and asthma at 8.1%.
11.4%
Higher than 79% 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 Walligan, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 5.6% of the population. This is higher than in most similar areas, though it is about the same as the state and national figures.
5.6% ▲ +105.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 5.6%
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 Walligan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32967/walligan/topic/health-disability