21.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Watsonville · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Watsonville
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Watsonville compared to most similar areas. Only 21% of residents report a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. However, a higher proportion of the community requires help with daily tasks.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 9.1%, while 7.4% of people have a mental health condition. This is a little below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Most residents are healthy, with 68.2% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Watsonville, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 13%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A higher number of people in Watsonville need help with daily activities than in most similar areas. At 7.4%, this is a little above the national figure of 5.8% and the state figure of 6.0%.
7.4% ▲ +215.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 7.4%
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 Watsonville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33008/watsonville/topic/health-disability