28.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Battery Point · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Battery Point
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 65.9% of Battery Point residents report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area quite healthy, with far fewer people suffering from chronic illness than the Tasmanian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Around 28% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the state figure of 33.6%. Arthritis is the most common issue at 9.6%, and mental health conditions are reported by 8.3% of residents.
8.3%
Higher than 52% 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 Battery Point, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.5% of people in Battery Point need help with daily activities. This is lower than most similar areas and well below the Tasmania average of 6.8%.
3.5% ▲ +73.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.5%
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 Battery Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60033/battery-point/topic/health-disability