12.5%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Doomadgee · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Doomadgee
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Doomadgee need help with daily activities than they did in 2011. This is a very healthy community where only 12.5% of residents report a long-term health condition, a figure far below the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 1.1% of people, which is well below the national figure of 8.8%. Most residents have no long-term health issues, with heart disease and diabetes being the most common reported conditions.
1.1%
Lower than 99% 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 Doomadgee, None is the majority at 87%; One condition is next at 11%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.5% of people need help with daily activities, which is well below the Queensland figure of 6.0%. This rate has fallen from 3.7% in 2011.
2.5% ▼ -34.2%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Doomadgee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315030/doomadgee/topic/health-disability