26.5%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Chinchilla · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Chinchilla
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 60% of Chinchilla residents report having no long-term health conditions, making the town healthier than most similar areas. Only 26.5% of people live with a chronic health issue, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health condition at 9.4%, followed by mental health at 9.3% and arthritis at 7.6%. The rate of mental health conditions is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
9.3%
Lower than 57% 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 Chinchilla, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 5.3% of people, a figure that is lower than most areas. This is about the same as the state and national rates, and it has fallen by 0.9 percentage points since 2011.
5.3% ▼ -14.5%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Chinchilla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314008/chinchilla/topic/health-disability