27.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Keith · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Keith
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Keith compared to the state average. Only 27.5% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31.0%. This trend is especially clear for mental health, which is lower here than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions affect 6.5% of residents, a figure well below the state's 9.8%. For those with health issues, arthritis (8.8%) and asthma (7.4%) are the most common, while 63% of the population reports no long-term conditions at all.
6.5%
Lower than 65% 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 Keith, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 22%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.1% of the population. This is a little below both the South Australian figure of 6.7% and the national average of 5.8%.
4.1% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
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 Keith [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40674/keith/topic/health-disability