28.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Spence · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Spence
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Around the middle for similar areas in terms of health, Spence sees 28% of its people living with a long-term health condition. This is about the same as the national figure, though slightly lower than the state average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 16% of residents, followed by arthritis at 10%. About 8% of people report a mental health condition, which is a little below the South Australian figure.
8.0%
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 Spence, None is the majority at 88%; One condition is next at 12%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Almost no one in the area needs help with daily activities, with 0% of people requiring assistance. This is well below both the state and national figures.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Spence [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41360/spence/topic/health-disability