28.3%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wights Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wights Mountain
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people need daily assistance in Wights Mountain than in most similar areas. This is a relatively healthy community where only 2.5% of residents require help with everyday activities, a figure well below the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 28.3% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. Arthritis (9.1%) and asthma (8.9%) are the most common issues, while mental health conditions are a little lower here than across the state at 6.8%.
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Wights Mountain, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.5% of residents need help with daily activities, which is well below the 6.0% seen in Queensland and the 5.8% national figure.
2.5% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Wights Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33073/wights-mountain/topic/health-disability