19.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Christmas Hills · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Christmas Hills
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Christmas Hills than in the rest of Tasmania. Only 19.7% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure and 14 points lower than the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in most areas, with arthritis at 7.9% and mental health conditions at 6.3%. This is reflected in the fact that 57.5% of residents report having no long-term health issues at all.
6.3%
Lower than 67% 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 Christmas Hills, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer than 4.7% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia, placing the area around the middle compared to similar places.
4.7% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Christmas Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60111/christmas-hills/topic/health-disability