43.1%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Keppel Sands · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Keppel Sands
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower proportion of people in Keppel Sands need help with daily activities than in 2011. This improvement comes despite the area having a very high rate of long-term health conditions, with 43.1% of residents living with one.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are far more common here than in the rest of Queensland, which is 28.8%. Arthritis is the most frequent issue at 20.8%, while 46.8% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.1%
Lower than 70% 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 Keppel Sands, None is the majority at 52%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.6% of people need help with daily tasks, a figure that is about the same as the national average of 5.8%. This is a significant drop from 2011, when 12.8% of the population required such support.
6.6% ▼ -48.0%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322069/keppel-sands/topic/health-disability