23.3%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Upper Scamander · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Upper Scamander
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 65% of people in Upper Scamander have no long-term health conditions. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places, with a very low rate of chronic illness and disability.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is far below the Tasmanian figure of 33.6%. This includes asthma (11.7%) and arthritis (10%), while mental health conditions are lower than the national figure at 6.7%.
6.7%
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 Upper Scamander, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the area reported needing help with daily activities, a result that is well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 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 Upper Scamander [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60709/upper-scamander/topic/health-disability