27.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yeerongpilly · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health challenges are much more common in Yeerongpilly than in most similar areas. While the overall rate of long-term health conditions is about the same as the national figure, 12.4% of people report a mental health condition, which is well above the Australian average.
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition here, affecting 12.4% of people. Other common issues include asthma at 8.4% and arthritis at 5.8%, though 68.1% of residents report having no long-term health conditions.
27.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
12.4%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Yeerongpilly, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 21%.
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.9% of people in Yeerongpilly need help with their daily activities. This is well below the Queensland figure of 6.0% and lower than most similar areas.
2.9% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Yeerongpilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33215/yeerongpilly/topic/health-disability