23.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Julia Creek · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Julia Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 59% of people in Julia Creek report having no long-term health conditions. This is a healthy community where residents are much less likely to live with chronic illness or disability than those in other similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here at 6.1%, while arthritis is the most reported long-term illness at 9.3%.
6.1%
Lower than 86% 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 Julia Creek, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is among the lowest for similar areas at just 2.7%. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and has fallen 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
2.7% ▼ -55.5%
Lower than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Julia Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322063/julia-creek/topic/health-disability