31.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gardners Bay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gardners Bay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well above the national figure, 31.5% of people in Gardners Bay live with a long-term health condition. This is a higher rate than most similar areas, with mental health conditions being particularly common. While the local figures are slightly better than the Tasmanian average, they remain significantly higher than across Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 12.7% of residents. Arthritis is the most reported long-term health issue at 13.9%, while 61.6% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
12.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Gardners Bay, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.3% of people in Gardners Bay need help with daily activities. This is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia, and sits around the middle for similar areas.
4.3% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Gardners Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60221/gardners-bay/topic/health-disability