12.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Blue Rocks · Suburb / Locality
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 12% of people in Blue Rocks report a long-term health condition, a figure far below the Tasmanian average. This is a remarkably healthy area where very few residents live with chronic illness or mental health struggles.
Long-term conditions people report.
A tiny fraction of the population has a long-term health condition, which is far below the 33.6% seen across Tasmania. No residents reported a mental health condition, and most people here have no long-term health issues at all.
12.0%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
0.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
In Blue Rocks, None is the majority at 85%; One condition is next at 15%.
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Blue Rocks reported needing help with daily activities. This is well below the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Blue Rocks [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60056/blue-rocks/topic/health-disability