24.3%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wurdong Heights · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wurdong Heights
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Two-thirds of people in Wurdong Heights report having no long-term health conditions. This is a healthy area where the rate of chronic illness is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland rate of 28.8%. This includes a lower rate of mental health conditions (6.2%) compared to the national figure of 8.8%, with arthritis being the most common ailment at 10.1%.
6.2%
Lower than 68% 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 Wurdong Heights, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A slightly higher than usual 6.2% of people need help with daily activities, though this is about the same as the 6.0% seen across Queensland.
6.2% ▲ +43.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 6.2%
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 Wurdong Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33176/wurdong-heights/topic/health-disability