26.1%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Glenfern · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Glenfern
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Glenfern compared to most similar areas. While only 26.1% of residents live with a long-term condition, mental health struggles are much more common here than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 10.8% of people, a figure that is much higher than in most areas and a little above the national 8.8%. However, the overall rate of long-term health conditions is well below the Tasmanian average of 33.6%.
10.8%
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 Glenfern, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 15%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 5.7% of the population, which is higher than in most similar areas but about the same as the Australian figure of 5.8%.
5.7% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Glenfern [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60231/glenfern/topic/health-disability