24.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wishart · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wishart
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Wishart than in the rest of Queensland. Only 24.8% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the state figure. This trend is seen across both physical and mental health, leaving the majority of the community in good health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are less common here at 6.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Among those with health issues, the most frequent are other general conditions at 8.9%, followed by asthma at 7.2% and arthritis at 7.0%.
6.7%
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 Wishart, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.0% of people in Wishart need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
5.0% ▲ +32.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Wishart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33102/wishart/topic/health-disability