24.2%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Erindale · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Erindale
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Erindale than in most other areas. Only 24.2% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This trend is especially clear for mental health, which is much lower here than in similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 5.4% of people report a mental health condition, a figure well below the 8.8% national average. Most residents are healthy, with 71.2% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
5.4%
Lower than 73% 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 Erindale, None is the majority at 75%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 4.4% of people in Erindale need help with daily activities. This is a little below the South Australian figure of 6.7% and the national figure of 5.8%.
4.4% ▲ +53.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Erindale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40412/erindale/topic/health-disability