26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hobart · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hobart
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people in Hobart live with a long-term health condition compared to the rest of Tasmania. While only 26.5% of residents have a chronic health issue, there is a notable trend toward mental health struggles in the city.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 13.4% of people, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Overall, 60.9% of residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
13.4%
Higher than 88% 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 Hobart, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.6% of people in Hobart need some help with daily activities. This is higher than in most areas, though it remains about the same as the figures for Tasmania and Australia.
6.6% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Hobart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60276/hobart/topic/health-disability