32.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gravelly Beach · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gravelly Beach
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people than usual live with health challenges in Gravelly Beach, where 32.3% of residents report a long-term condition. This is well above the national figure of 27.7%, though it sits slightly below the Tasmanian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most similar areas, affecting 11.7% of residents. Among the long-term health issues reported, arthritis is the most frequent at 12.5%, followed by asthma at 9.7%.
11.7%
Higher than 81% 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 Gravelly Beach, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.4% of people in Gravelly Beach need help with daily activities, which is higher than most similar areas but roughly the same as the state and national figures.
6.4% ▲ +49.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 6.4%
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 Gravelly Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60248/gravelly-beach/topic/health-disability