11.5%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Emu Downs · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Emu Downs
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 11.5% of people in Emu Downs report a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes it one of the healthiest areas of its kind. Most residents enjoy good health, and very few require daily support.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are far less common here than in the rest of South Australia. While asthma is the most reported condition at 11.5%, about 9.6% of people have a mental health condition, which is about the same as the national average.
9.6%
Higher than 65% 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 Emu Downs, None is the majority at 79%; One condition is next at 14%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Virtually no one in Emu Downs needs help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below the 5.8% seen across Australia.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Emu Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40408/emu-downs/topic/health-disability