9.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Laffer · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Laffer
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 9.4% of people in Laffer report a long-term health condition, a figure far below the South Australian average. This makes the area one of the healthiest at its level, though mental health challenges are more common here than in most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
While long-term health issues are far less common than the national figure, 9.4% of residents have a mental health condition, which is higher than most areas. Cancer is the most reported long-term condition at 11.3%, and 62.3% of people report having no long-term health conditions at all.
9.4%
Higher 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 Laffer, None is the majority at 83%; Two conditions is next at 10%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Laffer reported needing help with daily activities, a result that is well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Laffer [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40733/laffer/topic/health-disability