24.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Flowerdale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Flowerdale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 63% of people in Flowerdale report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than the state and national averages, with a significantly lower proportion of residents living with chronic illness.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 24.4% of people have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Tasmania figure of 33.6%. Mental health conditions are also much less common here than across the state, affecting just 6.5% of residents.
6.5%
Lower than 66% 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 Flowerdale, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people need help with daily activities in Flowerdale compared to the rest of Australia, with the figure sitting at 3.9%.
3.9% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.9%
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 Flowerdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60204/flowerdale/topic/health-disability