26.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Vale Park · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Vale Park
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Vale Park than in the rest of South Australia. Only 26.5% of residents report a long-term condition, which is well below the state figure. This trend is mirrored in mental health, with a lower proportion of people affected here compared to most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 7% of people have a mental health condition, which is a little below the national figure. The most common long-term health issues reported are other conditions at 8.6% and arthritis at 8.3%.
7.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Vale Park, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Needing help with daily activities is slightly less common here than across Australia, with 4.4% of residents requiring assistance.
4.4% ▲ +21.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Vale Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41499/vale-park/topic/health-disability