32.4%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kettering · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Kettering
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 60% of residents in Kettering have no long-term health conditions. While the area has a higher rate of chronic health issues than the national figure, it is a little below the Tasmania average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 32.4% of people have a long-term health condition, with arthritis and asthma being the most common. Mental health conditions are reported by 7.8% of residents, which is well below the state figure.
7.8%
Lower than 72% 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 Kettering, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of people in Kettering need help with daily activities, a figure that is much lower than most similar areas. This need for assistance has fallen by 3.0 percentage points since 2011.
3.7% ▼ -45.1%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Kettering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622015/kettering/topic/health-disability