26.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tolga - West · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Tolga - West
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 63.3% of people in Tolga - West (L) report having no long-term health conditions. This makes it a healthy area where chronic illness and mental health issues are much less common than in most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 26% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are especially rare here, affecting 5.5% of people, which is well below the national rate of 8.8%.
5.5%
Lower than 88% 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 Tolga - West, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by just 3.8% of the population, a figure that is much lower than most areas. This is a little below the Australian average of 5.8% and represents a fall of 6.3 points since 2011.
3.8% ▼ -62.3%
Lower than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 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 Tolga - West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321105/tolga-west/topic/health-disability