23.9%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Fraser Island · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Fraser Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report health issues in Fraser Island (L) than in most similar areas. Only 23.9% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 6.0% of the population, a figure well below the Queensland average of 9.6%. About 60% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
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 Fraser Island, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area currently reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and shows a fall of 8.8 percentage points since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322047/fraser-island/topic/health-disability