29.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Bower · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Bower
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly one in four people in Bower need help with daily activities, a figure far above the national average. While long-term health conditions affect 29.3% of residents, the most striking feature of the area is the very high proportion of people requiring regular assistance.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 29.3% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is a little below the South Australian figure. Other conditions and arthritis are the most common, while 7.3% of people have a mental health condition, slightly lower than the national rate.
7.3%
Lower than 58% 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 Bower, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 29%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for assistance is very high here, with 24.4% of people requiring help with daily activities. This is far above the 5.8% seen across Australia and the 6.7% recorded for South Australia.
24.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 24.4%
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 Bower [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40147/bower/topic/health-disability