42.4%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Adelaide Lead · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Adelaide Lead
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far more people live with long-term health conditions in Adelaide Lead than in most other similar areas. About 42.4% of residents report a chronic health issue, which is 15 percentage points higher than the figures for Victoria and Australia.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
The most common reports are for other conditions at 21.2% and arthritis at 20%. While long-term health issues are very common, the 8.2% of people with a mental health condition is about the same as the national figure.
8.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality 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 Adelaide Lead, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is more challenging for a larger share of this population, with 8.2% needing help with daily activities. This is a little above the 5.9% seen across Victoria.
8.2% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 8.2%
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 Adelaide Lead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20009/adelaide-lead/topic/health-disability