39.9%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lowood · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Lowood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 10% of people in Lowood now need help with daily activities, a figure that has risen sharply since 2011. This is part of a broader trend where health challenges are much more common here than in most other areas. Roughly 40% of residents live with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 39.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are among the highest for this area at 15.3%, followed by arthritis and asthma.
15.3%
Higher than 96% 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 Lowood, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is much more common here than in most areas, affecting 10.1% of residents. This is well above the Queensland figure of 6.0% and represents a 6.2 point increase since 2011.
10.1% ▲ +161.8%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 10.1%
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 Lowood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315054/lowood/topic/health-disability