18.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Queens Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Queens Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Queens Park than in most similar areas. Only 18.1% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it a notably healthy pocket of the community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 6.2% of residents, which is a little below both the state and national figures. Overall, 74.1% of people here have no long-term health conditions at all.
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 Queens Park, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is less common here than in most other areas. Only 3.8% of people require such assistance, a figure slightly lower than the Australian average of 5.8%.
3.8% ▲ +11.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Queens Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51271/queens-park/topic/health-disability