30.7%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hughenden · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Hughenden
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of the people in Hughenden (L) report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most similar places, though a little more than 30% of residents do live with a chronic health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. However, mental health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, affecting only 6.0% of the population.
6.0%
Lower than 87% 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 Hughenden, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Help with daily activities is needed by 5.2% of residents, a figure about the same as the rest of the state and nation. This is a notable increase from 2011, when only 1.7% of people required such support.
5.2% ▲ +210.8%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Hughenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321055/hughenden/topic/health-disability