24.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oak Beach · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Oak Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 65.6% of people in Oak Beach report having no long-term health conditions. This makes it a healthy community where far fewer people struggle with chronic illness compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This includes mental health conditions, which affect 5.4% of people—much lower than the 8.8% seen across Australia.
5.4%
Lower than 88% 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 Oak Beach, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 4.3% of the population, a figure that is a little below the Queensland average. This is a slight improvement from 2011, when 5.4% of residents required help with daily activities.
4.3% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Oak Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322094/oak-beach/topic/health-disability