17.1%
Lower than 95% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Warraber Island · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Warraber Island
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than 77% of people on Warraber Island report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the community exceptionally healthy, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or mental health issues than in the rest of Queensland and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 17.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Diabetes is the most common condition at 12.2%, while no residents reported having a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Warraber Island, None is the majority at 82%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is well below the Australian average at 2.4%. This is a significant improvement for the area, with the figure falling 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
2.4% ▼ -67.7%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 2.4%
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 Warraber Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322133/warraber-island/topic/health-disability