27.3%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Alice River · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Alice River
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Alice River than in most similar areas. About 66.9% of residents have no long-term health conditions, with the overall rate of chronic illness sitting slightly below the Queensland average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 27.3% of residents, which is much lower than most areas. Mental health is the most common condition at 9.8%, a figure slightly above the national average.
9.8%
Higher than 50% 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 Alice River, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.7% of people need help with daily activities, which is a little below the Queensland and Australian figures. This is a drop of 1.4 percentage points since 2011.
4.7% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315002/alice-river/topic/health-disability