25.6%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mirani · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Mirani
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with chronic illness in Mirani than in most other areas. Only 25.6% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This makes the community noticeably healthier than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here at 8.4%, followed by mental health and arthritis. Around 8.2% of people have a mental health condition, which is lower than most areas and slightly below the state average.
8.2%
Lower than 69% 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 Mirani, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.7% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the national average. This need has risen by 0.8 percentage points since 2011.
5.7% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Mirani [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315064/mirani/topic/health-disability