27.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tarago · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tarago
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are more common in Tarago than in most similar areas, affecting 9.2% of residents. While this is higher than the state average, the overall long-term health of the community is typical for Australia, with 27.6% of people living with a chronic condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most reported long-term condition at 9.2%, followed by asthma at 9.0% and arthritis at 8.2%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, while 18.6% live with one condition.
9.2%
Higher than 61% 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 Tarago, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.9% of people in Tarago need help with their daily activities, which is a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
2.9% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
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 Tarago [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13773/tarago/topic/health-disability