35.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tahara Bridge · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tahara Bridge
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in five people in Tahara Bridge need help with daily activities, reflecting a community with significant health challenges. Long-term health conditions are much more common here than in most other areas, with 35% of residents affected.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are far more frequent than the national figure of 8.8%, reaching 20% in this area. This contributes to the high overall rate of long-term illness, with arthritis also affecting 20% of residents.
20.0%
Higher than 99% 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 Tahara Bridge, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 37%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is a challenge for 20% of people here, a figure far above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
20.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 20.0%
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 Tahara Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22421/tahara-bridge/topic/health-disability