29.3%
Lower than 69% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sulphur Creek · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Sulphur Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 63.5% of people in Sulphur Creek report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area healthier than most similar places, with a lower rate of chronic illness than the Tasmanian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 29.3% of residents, which is well below the state figure of 33.6%. Mental health conditions are also less common here than across Tasmania, affecting 8.2% of the population.
8.2%
Lower than 69% 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 Sulphur Creek, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 4.3% of people in Sulphur Creek need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most areas and has fallen since 2011.
4.3% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.3%
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 Sulphur Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL621029/sulphur-creek/topic/health-disability