26.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Flinders Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Flinders Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Flinders Park than in most similar areas. Only 26.2% of residents report a chronic health issue, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31.0%. This suggests a generally healthier-than-average population for the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by 6.7% of residents, which is lower than most areas and well below the state figure of 9.8%. Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 8.6%, while 67.8% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
6.7%
Lower than 63% 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 Flinders Park, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.5% of people need some help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the Australian average of 5.8%.
5.5% ▲ +19.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Flinders Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40448/flinders-park/topic/health-disability