30.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Melrose · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Melrose
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people live with long-term health conditions in Melrose than in most similar areas. While 30.9% of residents manage a chronic illness, the area is remarkably healthy in other ways, with no one reporting a need for daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and cancer are the most common long-term health issues here. While the 30.9% rate of chronic illness is well above the national figure of 27.7%, the 7.4% rate of mental health conditions is well below the Tasmanian average.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Melrose, None is the majority at 67%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Melrose reported needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is much lower than most areas and sits well below both the state and national averages.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Melrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60394/melrose/topic/health-disability