9.9%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Laura · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Laura
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Laura compared to the rest of the state. Only 9.9% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is far below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This creates a striking gap in health profiles between this area and the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are among the lowest for similar areas, with only 4.0% of people reporting a mental health condition. Diabetes is the most common long-term illness at 8.9%, while 45.5% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
4.0%
Lower than 92% 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 Laura, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the community reported needing help with daily activities in 2021. This is well below the national figure of 5.8% and represents a fall of 5.7 points since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Laura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322071/laura/topic/health-disability