41.8%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oakwood · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Oakwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people live with long-term health issues in Oakwood than in the rest of the country. Around 41.8% of residents report a long-term condition, which is 14 percentage points above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition here at 18.4%. Mental health conditions affect 11.8% of the population, a rate well above the 8.8% seen across Australia.
11.8%
Higher than 75% 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 Oakwood, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 28%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
More people in Oakwood need help with daily activities than in most similar areas. This figure rose 4.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 8.0%, which is a little above the Queensland average.
8.0% ▲ +104.3%
Higher than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 8.0%
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 Oakwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322095/oakwood/topic/health-disability