22.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dairy Plains · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dairy Plains
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower rate of long-term health issues than the state average defines Dairy Plains. Only 22.7% of residents report a chronic condition, which is 11 percentage points below the Tasmanian figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are well below the national figure, with 72.7% of people reporting no conditions at all. Arthritis and asthma are the most common issues, both affecting 10.6% of the population, while mental health conditions are well below the state average at 7.6%.
7.6%
Lower than 55% 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 Dairy Plains, None is the majority at 81%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Dairy Plains reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below both the Tasmanian and Australian averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Dairy Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60144/dairy-plains/topic/health-disability