40.9%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Interlaken · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Interlaken
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Forty-one percent of people in Interlaken have a long-term health condition, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community where health challenges are common, though the number of people reporting mental health conditions is unusually low.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are very common here, with 40.9% of residents affected, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. While other conditions account for 13.6% of reports, no one in the area reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Interlaken, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is difficult for many, as 18.2% of people need help with daily activities. This is far above the figures for both Tasmania and Australia.
18.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 18.2%
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 Interlaken [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60287/interlaken/topic/health-disability