22.5%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Sherwood · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Sherwood
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Sherwood compared to the rest of the state. Only 22.5% of residents report a chronic condition, which is well below the South Australian average of 31%. This makes the area notably healthier than most other similar regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much lower than most areas, with 68.5% of people reporting none at all. Mental health conditions are also lower than most places at 6.7%, well below the state figure of 9.8%.
6.7%
Lower than 63% 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 Sherwood, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Sherwood reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below both the South Australian average of 6.7% and the national figure of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Sherwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41341/sherwood/topic/health-disability