26.6%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bluewater Park · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Bluewater Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people need help with daily tasks in Bluewater Park than they did in 2011. It is a healthy area where only 26.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is much lower than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 9.6%, which is about the same as the national figure. Other frequent conditions include arthritis at 8.9% and asthma at 7.8%.
9.6%
Lower than 54% 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 Bluewater Park, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.4% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average. This is a notable improvement from 2011, when the rate was 6.8%.
4.4% ▼ -35.6%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Bluewater Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321019/bluewater-park/topic/health-disability