27.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Mallala · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Mallala
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Mallala than in most similar areas. Only 27% of residents report a lasting health issue, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 8.8%, followed by mental health (8.1%) and asthma (7.6%). Most people here have no long-term health issues at all, with 60.1% reporting none.
8.1%
Lower than 51% 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 Mallala, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 6% of people need some help with their daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, though it is about the same as the figures for South Australia and the rest of the country.
6.0% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
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 Mallala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40811/mallala/topic/health-disability