13.1%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Middlemount · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Middlemount
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Few areas like Middlemount report such low rates of illness and disability. Only 13.1% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the community one of the healthiest in its class.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by only 4.6% of people, which is well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%. Most residents have no long-term health issues, while asthma is the most common reported condition at 5.1%.
4.6%
Lower than 90% 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 Middlemount, None is the majority at 80%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is among the lowest in similar areas at just 0.6%. This is well below the Australian figure of 5.8% and has fallen 1.9 percentage points since 2011.
0.6% ▼ -75.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 0.6%
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 Middlemount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315061/middlemount/topic/health-disability