22.6%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Traeger · State Electorate
Health & Disability in Traeger
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 63% of people in Traeger report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most other similar regions, with far fewer people struggling with chronic illness or mental health issues compared to the rest of Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 22.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also much lower than most areas, affecting just 5.6% of the population.
5.6%
Lower than 87% of state electorate 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 Traeger, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The 4.0% of people who need help with daily activities is a little below the national figure of 5.8%. This rate has barely changed since 2011, when it sat at 3.7%.
4.0% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Traeger [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30089/traeger/topic/health-disability