32.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Atherton · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Atherton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A significant rise in people needing daily help defines health in Atherton, where the rate jumped 6.1 percentage points since 2011. Residents here deal with long-term health conditions more often than those in the state or national average. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition affecting the community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.1% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. While mental health conditions are about the same as the state average at 9.7%, arthritis is the most frequent issue, affecting 10.3% of residents.
9.7%
Lower than 52% 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 Atherton, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 7.9% of the population, a figure that is a little above the Queensland average. This need for assistance has grown sharply, rising from just 1.8% in 2011 to 7.9% in 2021.
7.9% ▲ +342.7%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314001/atherton/topic/health-disability