31.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Wattle Grove · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Wattle Grove
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than three in ten people in Wattle Grove live with a long-term health condition. This is well above the national figure, though it sits slightly lower than the rest of Tasmania. Most residents are healthy, with 59.3% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 31.9% of people have a long-term health condition, which is higher than most similar areas. Arthritis and heart disease are the most common at 8.9% each, while mental health conditions affect 8.1% of residents, a figure well below the state average.
8.1%
Higher than 50% 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 Wattle Grove, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is managed without help for most, as only 5.2% of people need assistance with daily activities. This is about the same as the national figure and slightly below the Tasmanian average.
5.2% —
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.2%
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 Wattle Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60722/wattle-grove/topic/health-disability