33.2%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Smithtown - Gladstone · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Smithtown - Gladstone
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Middle-of-the-road health results define Smithtown - Gladstone (L) compared to similar areas, though long-term illness is more common here than in the rest of the state. About 33.2% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term ailment at 13.0%, followed by mental health conditions which affect 9.8% of residents. This is a little above the 8.8% national average. More than half of the population report no long-term health conditions.
9.8%
Lower than 51% of urban centre 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 Smithtown - Gladstone, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
More people here need help with daily activities than in most similar areas. This figure has risen by 2.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 7.9%, which is a little above the New South Wales rate of 5.8%.
7.9% ▲ +33.1%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Smithtown - Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121103/smithtown-gladstone/topic/health-disability