21.7%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Emu Flat · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Emu Flat
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with chronic illness in Emu Flat compared to most of the country. Only 21.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a population that is generally healthier than the typical Australian community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 5.7% of people, a figure well below both the state and national averages. Among those with long-term health issues, arthritis (8.5%) and asthma (7.5%) are the most common, while 63.2% of all residents have no long-term conditions at all.
5.7%
Lower than 72% 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 Flat, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily life is physically manageable for almost everyone here, with 0.0% of people needing help with daily activities. This 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 Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40409/emu-flat/topic/health-disability