36.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Watalgan · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Watalgan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much higher rates of long-term health issues than most similar areas define Watalgan, where 36.8% of people live with a chronic condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, though the community reports very few mental health or disability needs.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 18.4%, with 26.3% of people living with one condition. Surprisingly, no residents reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%.
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 Watalgan, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Watalgan reported needing help with daily activities, a result that is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Watalgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33002/watalgan/topic/health-disability