32.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wallumbilla · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wallumbilla
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A well above average share of residents in Wallumbilla live with long-term health issues, with 32.9% of people reporting a chronic condition. This is 5.2 percentage points higher than the national figure. The area faces higher health challenges than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 14.5%, followed by asthma at 11.5%. Mental health conditions affect 10.6% of the population, which is a little above the Australian average of 8.8%.
10.6%
Higher than 73% 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 Wallumbilla, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 7.3% of people, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Queensland rate of 6.0%.
7.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Wallumbilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32970/wallumbilla/topic/health-disability