25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Brooklyn Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Brooklyn Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 69% of people in Brooklyn Park report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area's overall health profile quite strong, with a much lower rate of chronic illness than the South Australian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 25.8% of residents live with a long-term health condition, which is well below the state figure of 31.0%. Arthritis and mental health are the most common long-term issues, each affecting 7.8% of the population.
7.8%
Lower than 54% 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 Brooklyn Park, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is about the same as the national average.
5.1% ▲ +23.3%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Brooklyn Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40167/brooklyn-park/topic/health-disability