34.4%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Plainland · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Plainland
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term health issue in Plainland, where 13% of people live with such a condition. This is part of a broader trend where more people in Plainland have long-term health struggles compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 34.4% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure of 27.7%. Along with mental health, arthritis is common here, affecting 12.1% of the population.
13.0%
Higher than 87% 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 Plainland, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 7.3% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the 5.8% seen across Australia.
7.3% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.3%
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 Plainland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32340/plainland/topic/health-disability