31.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
East Ridgley · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in East Ridgley
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Higher rates of long-term health issues than most similar areas define East Ridgley, where 31.5% of residents live with a chronic condition. While this is well above the national figure, it sits slightly below the Tasmanian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 10.1%, followed by heart disease at 9.0% and arthritis at 7.9%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, but 21.3% report living with one condition.
10.1%
Higher than 69% 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 East Ridgley, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.5% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is around the middle for similar areas and a little below both the state and national figures.
4.5% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 4.5%
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 East Ridgley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60178/east-ridgley/topic/health-disability