12.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mella · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mella
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far lower rate of long-term health issues than the state average defines Mella. Only 12.4% of residents report a chronic health condition, which is 21 percentage points lower than the Tasmanian figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Very few people here have long-term health problems, and no one reported a mental health condition. Among those with a chronic illness, asthma is the most common at 8.2%, while 76.3% of residents have no long-term health conditions at all.
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 Mella, None is the majority at 91%; One condition is next at 9%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.1% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is a little below both the Tasmanian figure of 6.8% and the national rate of 5.8%.
4.1% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Mella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60393/mella/topic/health-disability