28.6%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Armstrong Beach · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Armstrong Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 3.8% of people in Armstrong Beach need help with daily activities, a figure much lower than in most other similar areas. This reflects a generally healthy population, where about 58% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are reported by 28.6% of residents, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. The most common issues are arthritis at 9.6% and asthma at 9.3%.
9.2%
Lower than 59% 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 Armstrong Beach, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing assistance with daily tasks has fallen to 3.8% since 2011. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8% and the state figure of 6.0%.
3.8% ▼ -31.7%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
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 Armstrong Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321005/armstrong-beach/topic/health-disability