24.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mount Cotton · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Mount Cotton
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Mount Cotton than in most other areas. Only 24.5% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the average Australian.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in similar areas, though 9.7% of people live with a mental health condition, which is about the same as the Queensland average. Asthma is the most reported specific condition at 9.1%, while 70.6% of residents have no long-term health issues at all.
9.7%
Lower than 53% 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 Mount Cotton, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.5% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most other areas. This need for assistance has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011, leaving the area a little below the national average.
3.5% ▼ -43.7%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Mount Cotton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314018/mount-cotton/topic/health-disability