29.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yeronga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Yeronga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition in Yeronga, reported by 10.2% of residents. Overall, the area is slightly more likely to have long-term health issues than the national average, though most people here report no ongoing health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the Australian figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most frequent issue at 10.2%, followed by other conditions at 9.2% and asthma at 8.6%.
10.2%
Higher than 70% 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 Yeronga, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A slightly higher than usual 5.7% of residents need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the 5.8% seen across Australia.
5.7% ▲ +86.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Yeronga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33220/yeronga/topic/health-disability