26.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Verdun · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Verdun
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower rate of disability and illness marks Verdun compared to the state average. Only 1.7% of people here need help with daily activities, which is well below the South Australian figure of 6.7%. Overall, the area reports fewer long-term health issues than most similar places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions affect 26.8% of residents, which is well below the South Australian average of 31.0%. This is most evident in mental health, where only 5.5% of people report a condition, far lower than the 9.8% seen across the state.
5.5%
Lower than 73% 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 Verdun, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Verdun require support for daily tasks. At 1.7%, the need for assistance is much lower than in most areas and well below the national figure of 5.8%.
1.7% ▲ +88.1%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.9%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 1.7%
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 Verdun [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41503/verdun/topic/health-disability