23.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Upper Tenthill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Upper Tenthill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer chronic health struggles define daily life in Upper Tenthill, where only 23.4% of people report a long-term health condition. This is well below the national figure of 27.7%. While overall health is strong, a higher-than-usual proportion of residents live with mental health conditions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term struggle here, affecting 10.3% of people. This is a little above the Australian figure of 8.8%, while arthritis (9.9%) and asthma (6.6%) also feature prominently.
10.3%
Higher than 71% 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 Upper Tenthill, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 7% of people in Upper Tenthill need some help with their daily activities. This is much higher than in most similar areas and slightly above the national figure of 5.8%.
7.0% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Upper Tenthill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32918/upper-tenthill/topic/health-disability