29.9%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Charters Towers · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Charters Towers
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Charters Towers is marked by a higher need for help with daily tasks than in most similar areas. While long-term health issues are less common here than in many other places, about 29.9% of residents live with a chronic condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and asthma are the most common long-term health issues, while 8.3% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the Queensland figure. Over half of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.3%
Lower than 68% 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 Charters Towers, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is more common here than in most areas, affecting 7.3% of people. This is a little above the national figure and has risen by 1.0 percentage point since 2011.
7.3% ▲ +16.0%
Higher than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Charters Towers [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314007/charters-towers/topic/health-disability