28.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mengha · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mengha
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 6.6% of people in Mengha have a mental health condition, which is well below the Tasmania figure. This is a relatively healthy area where most residents report no long-term health problems at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While 28.5% of people have a long-term health condition, this is well below the state average. Arthritis is the most common issue affecting 9.3% of residents, while most people here have no long-term conditions.
6.6%
Lower than 64% 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 Mengha, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A little fewer people need help with daily activities here than in the rest of Australia, with 4.6% of the population requiring such support.
4.6% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 4.6%
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).
More for Mengha
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Mengha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60397/mengha/topic/health-disability