27.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Plympton Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Plympton Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More people in Plympton Park report needing daily help and living with mental health conditions than in most similar areas. While 27.1% of residents have a long-term health condition, this is well below the South Australian figure of 31.0%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are more common here than in most areas, affecting 9.4% of people. Other frequent long-term conditions include asthma at 8.3% and arthritis at 8.0%, though 67.3% of residents report having no long-term health issues.
9.4%
Higher than 62% 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 Plympton Park, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Around 6.6% of people here need some help with their daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas and slightly above the national average of 5.8%.
6.6% ▲ +31.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Plympton Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41168/plympton-park/topic/health-disability