23.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Pygery · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Pygery
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Nearly 72% of people in Pygery report having no long-term health conditions. This is a very healthy result for the area, with far fewer people living with chronic illness or mental health issues compared to the rest of the state and country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.4% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31%. Mental health conditions are also less common here than in most areas, affecting 6.3% of the population.
6.3%
Lower than 68% 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 Pygery, None is the majority at 78%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the low rate of chronic illness, 9.4% of people in Pygery need help with daily activities. This is much higher than most similar areas and well above the national figure of 5.8%.
9.4% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 9.4%
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 Pygery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41230/pygery/topic/health-disability