23.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Whitefoord · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Whitefoord
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Whitefoord than in the rest of Tasmania. Only 23.9% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the state figure of 33.6%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the typical Tasmanian community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
No one in the area reported having a mental health condition, a figure far below the 11.5% seen across Tasmania. Among those with health issues, arthritis is the most common at 15.2%, while 71.7% of all residents have no long-term 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 Whitefoord, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 11%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6.5% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the 6.8% seen across Tasmania and the 5.8% national figure.
6.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 6.5%
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).
More for Whitefoord
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Whitefoord [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60751/whitefoord/topic/health-disability