30.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Macclesfield · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Macclesfield
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Much lower rates of daily assistance needs set Macclesfield apart from the rest of the state. While most residents are healthy, about 11.2% of people live with a mental health condition, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here at 11.2%, followed by arthritis at 10% and asthma at 8%. Overall, 30.5% of people have a long-term health condition, which is about the same as the South Australian figure.
11.2%
Higher than 77% 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 Macclesfield, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.7% of people in Macclesfield need help with their daily activities. This is well below the 6.7% seen across South Australia and the 5.8% national figure.
2.7% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 2.7%
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 Macclesfield [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40799/macclesfield/topic/health-disability