29.7%
Lower than 72% of urban area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yeppoon · Urban Area
Health & Disability in Yeppoon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 30% of people in Yeppoon live with a long-term health condition, a figure slightly higher than the national average. While some residents manage chronic illness, the area generally sees lower rates of health conditions and disability than many similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most similar areas, affecting 8.6% of residents. Arthritis is the most reported long-term health issue at 10.5%, though 60.5% of the population reports having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.6%
Lower than 78% 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 Yeppoon, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 6.1%, which is lower than in most similar areas and about the same as the Queensland figure.
6.1% —
Lower than 65% of urban area areas.
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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3019/yeppoon/topic/health-disability