Blue chip suburbs have higher vaccination rates, data reveals

Blue chip suburbs and areas with a higher than average proportion of people aged 65 and older tend to have higher vaccination rates, new data shows. SEE WHERE THE MOST PROTECTED LIVE

Blue chip Brisbane suburbs and regional towns with an older than average population tend to have higher Covid-19 vaccine coverage, new data has revealed.

Weekly SA3 vaccination data, which splits Covid-19 jab coverage by clusters of suburbs, shows the Kenmore-Brookfield-Moggill community has the highest protection against the pandemic with more than 95 per cent of people already receiving at least one dose.

Other blue chip Brisbane suburbs with high vaccination rates include The Gap-Enoggera and Wynnum-Manly.

South Brisbane vaccination hub, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. Picture: Liam Kidston.

Areas with a higher than average proportion of people aged 65 and older - the age group most susceptible to the worst impacts of Covid-19 - tend to have higher vaccination rates as well.

In Bribie-Beachmere, where 37.5 per cent of the population is aged 65 and older, 93.6 per cent have received at least one dose.

On average, 16.1 per cent of Queensland’s population is aged 65 and older according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

Other areas with high vaccination rates and a larger than average baby boomer population include Redcliffe (90.5 per cent with first dose), Caloundra (91 per cent) and Noosa (89.7 per cent).

Suburbs with the lowest vaccination rates in Queensland are overwhelmingly in Central or North Queensland, though the Caboolture Hinterland has a first dose coverage rate of just 73.1 per cent, nearly 10 percentage points behind the state average.

Rhys Barnes gets a Pfizer vaccination from enrolled nurse Maria Mathews at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition centre vaccination hub. NewsWire: Sarah Marshall

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