43.4%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tuross Head · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tuross Head
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people in Tuross Head live with a long-term health condition than in most other areas. About 43.4% of residents report a chronic health issue, which is 16 percentage points higher than both the state and national figures. This creates a community where long-term health management is a common experience.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most frequent long-term condition affecting 20.6% of people, while mental health conditions are a little above the national figure at 10.6%. While nearly half of the population reports no long-term health issues, 5.6% of residents manage three or more conditions.
10.6%
Higher than 73% 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 Tuross Head, None is the majority at 53%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little more than the national average of people need help with daily activities, with 6.9% of Tuross Head residents requiring this support.
6.9% ▲ +30.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.9%
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 Tuross Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13997/tuross-head/topic/health-disability