34.7%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Hampden · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Hampden
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A striking 16% of people in Hampden live with a mental health condition, which is among the highest rates for areas of this size. This contributes to a broader trend where long-term health struggles are much more common here than in the rest of the state.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 34.7% of residents, well above the national figure of 27.7%. Mental health is the most reported issue at 16%, followed by asthma at 12% and arthritis at 8%.
16.0%
Higher than 94% 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 Hampden, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily living is more challenging for residents here, with 10.7% needing assistance with daily activities. This is well above both the South Australian rate of 6.7% and the national figure of 5.8%.
10.7% ▲ +71.8%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
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 Hampden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40560/hampden/topic/health-disability