28.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Meadows · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Meadows
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About the same as most similar areas, Meadows shows a health profile that aligns closely with national trends. Around 28.2% of people live with a long-term health condition, a figure that sits just below the South Australian average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 10.3%, followed by mental health at 8.9% and arthritis at 8.4%. Most residents are healthy, with 61.2% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
8.9%
Higher than 58% 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 Meadows, None is the majority at 69%; One condition is next at 23%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 3.7% of people in Meadows need help with daily activities. This is lower than most areas and sits a little below both the state and national figures.
3.7% ▲ +12.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
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 Meadows [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40853/meadows/topic/health-disability