32.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mountain River · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mountain River
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A mental health rate of 14.2% is among the highest for similar areas in Mountain River. This is well above the national figure of 8.8% and helps explain why more than 32% of people here live with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 14.2%, followed by arthritis at 10.9% and asthma at 9.6%. While most people have no long-term health issues, the 32.7% who do have them is well above the Australian average.
14.2%
Higher than 90% 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 Mountain River, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is a little below the Tasmanian figure of 6.8%.
5.4% ▲ +109.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.6%
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Mountain River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60436/mountain-river/topic/health-disability