30.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Leith · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Leith
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around the middle for its level compared to similar areas, Leith shows a generally healthy profile. Only 30.2% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Tasmania average. This contributes to a lower need for daily assistance than seen across the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The typical resident here is healthy, with 62.9% reporting no long-term conditions. Those with health issues most commonly deal with arthritis (11.7%) or asthma (6.9%), while the 7.1% with a mental health condition is well below the state figure.
7.1%
Lower than 60% 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 Leith, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.0% of the population. This is a little below both the national figure and the Tasmanian average.
4.0% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
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 Leith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60329/leith/topic/health-disability