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Turners Beach - Forth · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Health & Disability in Turners Beach - Forth

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue in Turners Beach - Forth, affecting 12% of people. While most residents are healthy, 31.2% live with a long-term condition, which is well above the national figure.

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📍 Turners Beach - Forth, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Turners Beach - Forth sits — People with a long-term health condition

31.2%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Turners Beach - Forth — higher than 69% of areas.

Turners Beach - Forth31.2%
7310, TAS 36.3%
Tasmania 33.6%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

The number of people with a long-term health condition is higher than in most similar areas, though it sits a little below the Tasmanian average. Mental health conditions affect 8.8% of the population, which is about the same as the national figure.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Turners Beach - Forth, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.

None 61.5% One condition 21.6% Two conditions 6.6% Three or more 2.9%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Turners Beach - Forth — Arthritis leads at 23%, ahead of Mental health (17%) and Other condition (16%).

Arthritis 12.0% Mental health 8.8% Other condition 8.4% Asthma 8.3% Heart disease 4.1% Diabetes 3.7% Cancer 3.5% Lung condition 2.3% Stroke 1.1% Dementia 0.5%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Around 4.9% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is a little below the state average. This proportion has risen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011.

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4.9% ▲ +33.8%

Lower than 59% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

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 Turners Beach - Forth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/604021092/turners-beach-forth/topic/health-disability