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Low Head · Urban Centre

Health & Disability in Low Head

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

Over half of residents in Low Head have a long-term health condition, a figure far above the national average. This reflects a community with significant health challenges, where 50.7% of people live with a chronic illness.

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📍 Low Head, Urban Centre

Where Low Head sits — People with a long-term health condition

50.7%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Low Head — higher than 99% of areas.

Low Head50.7%
7253, TAS 42.4%
Tasmania 33.6%

Health conditions

Long-term conditions people report.

Chronic health issues are very common here, with arthritis (21.1%) and mental health (14.4%) being the most frequent. The rate of mental health conditions is well above the 8.8% figure seen across Australia.

Number of long-term health conditions

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In Low Head, the largest group is None at 46%, followed by One condition (30%) and Two conditions (14%).

None 43.0% One condition 27.4% Two conditions 12.8% Three or more 9.7%

Long-term health conditions reported

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No single group dominates in Low Head — Arthritis leads at 21%, ahead of Mental health (14%) and Other condition (12%).

Arthritis 21.1% Mental health 14.4% Other condition 12.4% Diabetes 10.8% Asthma 10.1% Heart disease 8.9% Cancer 7.1% Lung condition 5.9% Dementia 5.1% Stroke 4.3%

Need for assistance

People needing help with daily activities.

Daily living is difficult for 17.6% of people, which is far above the Tasmanian average. This need for assistance has risen by 11 percentage points since 2011.

People needing help with daily activities

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17.6% ▲ +167.2%

Higher than 99% of urban centre 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 Low Head [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621017/low-head/topic/health-disability