32.8%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Heybridge · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Heybridge
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than a third of people in Heybridge live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure, though it sits about the same as the Tasmanian average. Arthritis is the most common chronic ailment reported in the area.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is higher than most similar areas. This includes 12.9% with arthritis and 9.3% with a mental health condition, a figure slightly below the state average.
9.3%
Higher than 61% 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 Heybridge, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 5% of people in Heybridge need help with daily activities. This is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.8% and about the same as the Australian average.
5.0% ▼ -2.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
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 Heybridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60271/heybridge/topic/health-disability