40.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Glenorchy · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Glenorchy
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Among the highest for its type, 40.5% of people in Glenorchy live with a long-term health condition. This is far above the figures for Victoria and Australia, which both sit around 27%. These high rates of illness mark the area's primary health challenge.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 12.2% of residents. This is well above the national figure of 8.8%. The most frequent long-term conditions reported are arthritis at 16% and other illnesses at 14.5%.
12.2%
Higher than 84% 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 Glenorchy, None is the majority at 54%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5.3% of people need help with daily activities. This is about the same as the rates seen across Victoria and Australia.
5.3% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
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 Glenorchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21041/glenorchy/topic/health-disability