32.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kingsthorpe · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Kingsthorpe
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Kingsthorpe sits around the middle for most health measures, though it has a notably high rate of mental health conditions. About 32.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. This means roughly one in three people in the area manage a lasting health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 12.8% of people. This is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Other frequent long-term conditions include asthma at 11.6% and arthritis at 10.5%.
12.8%
Higher than 86% 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 Kingsthorpe, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.3% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages. This need for assistance has risen by 2.9 percentage points since 2011.
6.3% ▲ +85.2%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
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 Kingsthorpe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315047/kingsthorpe/topic/health-disability