25.1%
Lower than 83% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Calliope · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Calliope
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A sharp drop in the number of people needing daily help defines the recent health trend in Calliope. Only 4.7% of residents now require such assistance, down from 10.3% in 2011. This contributes to a generally healthy profile, with far fewer people reporting long-term health conditions than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.1% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 9.1%, followed by asthma at 8.5%.
9.1%
Lower than 59% 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 Calliope, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Fewer people in Calliope need help with daily activities compared to most areas. At 4.7%, this is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
4.7% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 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 Calliope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315012/calliope/topic/health-disability