30.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Oyster Cove · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Oyster Cove
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A significantly higher share of people live with long-term health issues in Oyster Cove than in the rest of Australia. While 30.9% of residents report a chronic condition, this is well above the national figure. This includes a notably high rate of mental health conditions, which are much more common here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 11.8% of the population, a figure that is well above the Australian average. Other common long-term conditions include asthma at 9.4% and arthritis at 9.1%.
11.8%
Higher than 82% 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 Oyster Cove, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.1% of people in Oyster Cove need help with daily activities, which is a higher rate than most similar areas and about the same as the Tasmanian and national figures.
6.1% ▼ -23.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
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 Oyster Cove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60485/oyster-cove/topic/health-disability