25.8%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mirriwinni · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Mirriwinni
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Mirriwinni need help with daily tasks than they did in 2011. This shift is reflected in a healthy population, where only 25.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, a figure well below the Queensland average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are much less common here than in most similar areas, with only 5.9% of people reporting a mental health condition. Most residents have no long-term health problems, while those who do most often report arthritis at 10.4%.
5.9%
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 Mirriwinni, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.9% of people need assistance with daily activities, which is about the same as the national and state figures. This is a positive trend, as the proportion of people needing such help fell 2.2 percentage points since 2011.
5.9% ▼ -27.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
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 Mirriwinni [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322083/mirriwinni/topic/health-disability