33.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Blackwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Blackwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than one in three people in Blackwood live with a long-term health condition, which is well above the national figure. This creates a community where chronic health needs are quite common, particularly regarding mental health and arthritis.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are much more common here than in most areas, affecting 10.8% of residents. This is the most frequent long-term health issue in the area, followed closely by arthritis at 10.5%.
10.8%
Higher than 74% 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 Blackwood, None is the majority at 65%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.4% of people need some help with their daily activities, a figure that is around the middle for similar areas and slightly below the South Australian average.
5.4% ▲ +55.5%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
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 Blackwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40119/blackwood/topic/health-disability