26.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Echunga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Echunga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health issues in Echunga than in the rest of South Australia. While 26.9% of residents report a chronic condition, this is well below the state figure of 31.0%. Overall, the community experiences a lower burden of illness and disability than is typical for most areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 8.6%, followed closely by arthritis at 8.2%. This rate is a little below the South Australian figure of 9.8%, and most residents—65.7%—report having no long-term health conditions at all.
8.6%
Higher than 55% 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 Echunga, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is easier for more people here, with only 3.4% needing help with daily activities. This is well below the state figure of 6.7% and a little below the national figure of 5.8%.
3.4% ▲ +13.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.9%
- 2021: 3.4%
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 Echunga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40388/echunga/topic/health-disability