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Clark (Elwick) · State Electorate

Health & Disability in Clark (Elwick)

Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.

A higher rate of health challenges marks Clark (Elwick), where mental health conditions are among the highest for areas of this type. While 31.9% of people live with a long-term health condition, the most common issues are mental health and arthritis.

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📍 Clark (Elwick), State Electorate

Where Clark (Elwick) sits — People with a long-term health condition

31.9%

All state electorate areas, 2021. The marker is Clark (Elwick) — higher than 74% of areas.

Clark (Elwick)31.9%
Greater Hobart 32.0%
Tasmania 33.6%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 12.5% of residents have a mental health condition, which is well above the national figure of 8.8%. Overall long-term health issues are slightly lower than the Tasmanian average, but still well above the Australian rate.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Clark (Elwick), None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 22%.

None 61.0% One condition 20.3% Two conditions 7.2% Three or more 4.3%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Clark (Elwick) splits fairly evenly between Mental health (21%) and Arthritis (19%), with Other condition at 16%.

Mental health 12.5% Arthritis 11.1% Other condition 9.4% Asthma 8.4% Diabetes 5.3% Heart disease 4.1% Cancer 2.7% Lung condition 2.2% Dementia 1.3% Stroke 1.2%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily help is needed by 7.7% of people here, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This need for assistance has risen by 2.4 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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7.7% ▲ +44.3%

Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.

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 Clark (Elwick) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED60302/clark/topic/health-disability