24.9%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tully · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Tully
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer long-term health struggles define daily life in Tully, where only 24.9% of people live with a chronic condition. This is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8% and significantly lower than most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting 6.3% of residents compared to the national figure of 8.8%. Arthritis is the most reported long-term condition at 9.1%, while 60.9% of people report having no long-term health issues at all.
6.3%
Lower 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 Tully, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.3% of people need help with daily activities, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. This is a notable improvement for the area, as the figure fell 4.6 points since 2011.
6.3% ▼ -42.2%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.0%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 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 Tully [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315095/tully/topic/health-disability