30.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Yeppoon · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Yeppoon
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 60% of people in Yeppoon report having no long-term health conditions. While a little more than the national figure have some form of chronic illness, the area actually has fewer health conditions than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30% of residents have a long-term health condition, with arthritis being the most common at 10.5%. Mental health conditions affect 8.8% of the population, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures.
8.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Yeppoon, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.2% of people in Yeppoon need some help with their daily activities. This is about the same as the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
6.2% —
Lower than 51% 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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313012/yeppoon/topic/health-disability