27.6%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gladstone · Urban Area
Health & Disability in Gladstone
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Gladstone is marked by a generally healthy population, with 63% of residents reporting no long-term health conditions. This reflects a community where health struggles are much less common than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 27.6% of people have a long-term health condition, which is much lower than most areas. Mental health conditions are the most common struggle at 10%, followed by asthma at 8.2% and arthritis at 8.1%.
10.0%
Lower than 60% of urban area 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 Gladstone, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.8% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as both the state and national averages. This need for assistance has risen by 1.3 percentage points since 2011.
5.8% ▲ +28.9%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3006/gladstone/topic/health-disability