15.0%
Lower than 98% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Horn Island · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Horn Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A falling need for daily support marks the recent health trend on Horn Island (L), where only 2.6% of people now require help with everyday tasks. This is much lower than the typical figure for Queensland. Most residents here report being in good health, with a very small number of long-term conditions compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 15% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This includes a very low rate of mental health conditions at 1.1%, while the most common reported issues are asthma and diabetes.
1.1%
Lower than 99% 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 Horn Island, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is well below the Queensland average of 6%. This figure has fallen by 5 percentage points since 2011, when 7.6% of the population required such support.
2.6% ▼ -65.6%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 2.6%
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 Horn Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321053/horn-island/topic/health-disability