22.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Summertown · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Summertown
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health struggles in Summertown compared to the rest of the state. Only 22.6% of residents live with a chronic condition, which is well below the South Australian average of 31%. This suggests a population with a notably high level of general wellbeing.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 4.9% of residents, a figure well below the national average of 8.8%. Most people here have no long-term health issues, while the most common reported conditions are asthma and arthritis.
4.9%
Lower than 75% 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 Summertown, None is the majority at 74%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.5% of people in Summertown need help with daily activities. This is well below both the state figure of 6.7% and the national figure of 5.8%.
2.5% ▲ +17.4%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 2.1%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Summertown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41404/summertown/topic/health-disability