43.4%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Balgal Beach · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Balgal Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly twice as many people in Balgal Beach now need help with daily activities compared to 2011. This is a place where health challenges are common, with 43.4% of residents living with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, with arthritis (17.5%) and mental health conditions (12.9%) being the most frequent. Mental health struggles are well above the national figure of 8.8%.
12.9%
Higher 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 Balgal Beach, the largest group is None at 50%, followed by One condition (31%) and Two conditions (13%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 8.6% of people need help with daily tasks, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has risen 3.9 percentage points since 2011.
8.6% ▲ +83.8%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
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 Balgal Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321008/balgal-beach/topic/health-disability