23.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tara · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tara
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people suffer from long-term health conditions in Tara compared to most other areas. Only 23.4% of residents have a chronic health issue, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the community notably healthier than the state and national averages.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 12.8%, while 66% of people have no long-term health issues at all. Mental health conditions affect 8.5% of residents, which is about the same as the New South Wales and national figures.
8.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality 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 Tara, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.4% of people need help with daily activities, a rate that is higher than most other similar areas. This is slightly above the New South Wales and Australian figures of 5.8%.
6.4% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Tara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13771/tara/topic/health-disability