28.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Scopus · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Scopus
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes in Scopus are generally better than most similar areas. About 28.6% of people live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the Tasmanian figure of 33.6%. Notably, no residents reported having a mental health condition or needing daily assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here at 14.3%. While the proportion of people with health conditions is about the same as the national figure, 58.9% of residents report having 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 Scopus, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Scopus reports needing help with daily activities. This is well below the state figure of 6.8% and the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Scopus [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60590/scopus/topic/health-disability