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Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) · Urban Centre

Health & Disability in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part)

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Mental health is the most common long-term condition in Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part), affecting 10.5% of people. While a smaller proportion of residents report long-term health issues than in most similar areas, the figures remain slightly higher than both the state and national averages.

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📍 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part), Urban Centre

Where Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) sits — People with a long-term health condition

29.6%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) — lower than 68% of areas.

Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part)29.6%
2620 crosses NSW/ACT 28.9%
New South Wales 27.0%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 29.6% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 27.0%. After mental health, asthma and arthritis are the most frequent conditions, each reported by 9.1% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part), None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 63.3% One condition 20.0% Two conditions 6.4% Three or more 3.1%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (20%) and Asthma (18%), with Arthritis at 18%.

Mental health 10.5% Asthma 9.1% Arthritis 9.1% Other condition 9.0% Diabetes 4.7% Heart disease 3.3% Cancer 2.7% Lung condition 1.8% Stroke 0.9% Dementia 0.6%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

People needing help with daily activities make up 4.9% of the population, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 5.8%. This number has risen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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4.9% ▲ +32.2%

Lower than 67% of urban centre 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 Canberra - Queanbeyan (Queanbeyan Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL102001/canberra-queanbeyan/topic/health-disability