38.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Tepko · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Tepko
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A far higher share of people live with long-term health issues in Tepko than across the rest of the country. Nearly 39% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the South Australian figure of 31%. This creates a significant gap in health needs compared to the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis and diabetes are common here, with 12.9% and 9.7% of people reporting these conditions. About 22.6% of residents manage three or more health issues at once, which helps explain why long-term illness is much more common here than in most other areas.
9.7%
Higher than 65% 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 Tepko, the largest group is None at 44%, followed by Three or more (26%) and One condition (15%).
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 16.1% of people in Tepko, a figure that is far above the Australian average of 5.8%. This rate of need for assistance is among the highest for areas of this size.
16.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 16.1%
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 Tepko [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41437/tepko/topic/health-disability