25.7%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kuranda · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Kuranda
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 60% of people in Kuranda report having no long-term health conditions. This is a healthy community where residents are much more likely to be free of chronic illness than people in most other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25.7% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 7.8%, while arthritis is the most reported long-term illness at 8.2%.
7.8%
Lower than 73% 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 Kuranda, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is 5.4%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This is a positive trend for the area, as the number has fallen 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
5.4% ▼ -28.6%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Kuranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315049/kuranda/topic/health-disability