25.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Enfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Enfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Health outcomes in Enfield have shifted over the last decade, with 25.5% of people now living with a long-term health condition. This is well below the South Australian figure of 31%, though a higher proportion of the community struggles with mental health compared to similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 9.2% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure. Overall, 69.4% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
9.2%
Higher than 61% 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 Enfield, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
A much higher share of people in Enfield need help with daily activities than in most other areas. At 7.9%, this is a little above both the South Australian (6.7%) and national (5.8%) figures.
7.9% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 7.9%
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 Enfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40411/enfield/topic/health-disability