26.2%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bluff · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Bluff
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 64% of people in Bluff have no long-term health conditions, making it a healthy place to live. Residents here are less likely to live with a chronic illness or mental health condition than people in the rest of Queensland or Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 26.2% of the population, which is much lower than most similar areas. Mental health conditions are also less common here at 6.6%, well below the Queensland figure of 9.6%.
6.6%
Lower than 83% 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 Bluff, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 16%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.2% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is well below the national average of 5.8%. This rate has barely changed since 2011.
2.2% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 1.8%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Bluff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322016/bluff/topic/health-disability