25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wooloowin · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wooloowin
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Wooloowin report long-term health issues compared to most areas. While only 25% of residents have a long-term condition, mental health challenges are more common here than in most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 11.2% of residents, which is a little above the national figure of 8.8%. Overall, 69.2% of people here have no long-term health conditions, leaving the area well below the Queensland state average for chronic illness.
11.2%
Higher than 77% 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 Wooloowin, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4% of people in Wooloowin need help with daily activities, which is a little below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
4.0% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Wooloowin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33149/wooloowin/topic/health-disability