29.4%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Howden · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Howden
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people in Howden (L) need help with daily activities now than in 2011, when the rate was 8.2%. This reflects a generally healthy population where only 29.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much less common here than in most similar areas, affecting 7.0% of people. While this is well below the Tasmanian figure of 11.5%, it is only a little below the national rate of 8.8%.
7.0%
Lower than 80% of urban centre 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 Howden, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.3% of residents need help with daily tasks, which is much lower than most areas. This figure is well below Tasmania's 6.8% and has fallen 4.8 percentage points since 2011.
3.3% ▼ -59.0%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.3%
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 Howden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621016/howden/topic/health-disability