28.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Gretna · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Gretna
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Roughly 28.7% of people in Gretna live with a long-term health condition. This is well below the Tasmanian average, though it sits about the same as the national figure. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are more common here than in most similar areas, affecting 9.4% of people. Other frequent conditions include arthritis at 8.3% and heart disease at 5.9%.
9.4%
Higher than 63% 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 Gretna, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.7% of people in Gretna need some help with daily activities, which is a little below the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
4.7% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Gretna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60252/gretna/topic/health-disability