27.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Grasstree Hill · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Grasstree Hill
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of mental health conditions mark Grasstree Hill as an outlier compared to most similar areas. While 27.8% of people live with a long-term health condition, this is well below the Tasmanian figure and aligns closely with the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 4.6% of residents report a mental health condition, which is well below both the state and national figures. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis is the most common at 14.8%, though 62% of the population reports having no long-term condition at all.
4.6%
Lower than 77% 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 Grasstree Hill, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A much higher proportion of people here need help with daily activities than in most similar areas. At 9.3%, this figure is a little above the Tasmanian average and well above the national rate of 5.8%.
9.3% ▲ +81.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 9.3%
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 Grasstree Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60246/grasstree-hill/topic/health-disability