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Tasmania · State / Territory

Health & Disability in Tasmania

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

Arthritis is the most common long-term health condition in Tasmania, affecting 12.2% of the population. The state faces significant health challenges, with long-term conditions and the need for daily assistance both appearing among the highest in the country.

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📍 Tasmania, State / Territory

Where Tasmania sits — People with a long-term health condition

33.6%

All state / territory areas, 2021. The marker is Tasmania.

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

About 33.6% of Tasmanians live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health conditions are also a little more common here than across Australia, affecting 11.5% of the population.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Tasmania, None is the majority at 64%; One condition is next at 24%.

None 58.6% One condition 21.7% Two conditions 7.7% Three or more 4.2%

Long-term health conditions reported

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Tasmania splits fairly evenly between Arthritis (21%) and Mental health (19%), with Asthma at 16%.

Arthritis 12.2% Mental health 11.5% Asthma 9.4% Other condition 8.9% Diabetes 5.1% Heart disease 4.5% Cancer 3.4% Lung condition 2.5% Stroke 1.2% Dementia 0.8%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

People needing help with daily activities make up 6.8% of the population, a figure that is a little above the Australian average. This need has risen by 1.0 percentage points since 2011.

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 Tasmania [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/6/tasmania/topic/health-disability