22.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wujal Wujal · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wujal Wujal
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health struggles in Wujal Wujal compared to the rest of the country. Only 22.5% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This pattern of better-than-average health outcomes is seen across both physical and mental wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Diabetes is the most common long-term health condition at 15.6%. Only 2.5% of people have a mental health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Most residents, or 66.7%, report having no long-term health conditions at all.
2.5%
Lower than 86% 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 Wujal Wujal, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is easier for most here, with only 1.8% of people needing help with daily activities. This is much lower than most other areas and well below the Australian average of 5.8%.
1.8% ▼ -59.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 1.8%
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 Wujal Wujal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33171/wujal-wujal/topic/health-disability