31.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Dodges Ferry · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Dodges Ferry
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A higher share of people live with long-term health conditions in Dodges Ferry compared to the national figure. While 31% of residents have a lasting health issue, this is well above the 27.7% seen across Australia. Mental health conditions are particularly common here, affecting 10.9% of the population.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 11.1%, followed by mental health at 10.9% and asthma at 8.4%. Most residents have no long-term health issues, but 20.7% live with one condition.
10.9%
Higher than 75% 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 Dodges Ferry, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.4% of the population. This is a little below the 6.8% found across Tasmania and the 5.8% national figure.
4.4% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Dodges Ferry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60160/dodges-ferry/topic/health-disability