47.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Lockrose · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Lockrose
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 15% of people in Lockrose now need help with daily activities, a figure that has risen sharply since 2011. This reflects a broader trend of poor health in the area, where long-term health conditions are far more common than in the rest of Queensland.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Almost half of the population (47.5%) lives with a long-term health condition, which is far above the national figure of 27.7%. This includes high rates of arthritis at 16.7% and mental health conditions at 14%, the latter being well above the Australian average.
14.0%
Higher than 90% 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 Lockrose, the largest group is None at 48%, followed by One condition (29%) and Two conditions (13%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of residents needing help with daily tasks has jumped 13 percentage points since 2011 to 14.8%. This is now well above the Queensland figure of 6.0%.
14.8% ▲ +799.5%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.6%
- 2016: 11.5%
- 2021: 14.8%
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 Lockrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322072/lockrose/topic/health-disability