22.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tarnook · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tarnook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 22.3% of people in Tarnook live with a long-term health condition, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places. Residents here report lower rates of both physical and mental health struggles.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Few people report long-term health issues, with 56.3% having none at all. Diabetes is the most common condition at 8.7%, while mental health issues affect 6.8% of the population, which is a little below the national figure.
6.8%
Lower than 63% 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 Tarnook, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for help with daily activities is low in Tarnook, at 2.9%. This is a little below the figures for both Victoria and Australia, and lower than most similar areas.
2.9% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.0%
- 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 Tarnook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22452/tarnook/topic/health-disability