25.6%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
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Health & Disability in Virginia
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people live with long-term health conditions in Virginia compared to most other areas. Only 25.6% of residents report a chronic illness, which is well below the South Australian average of 31%. This suggests a healthier-than-average population across the region.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Asthma is the most common long-term condition at 8.6%, while 7.6% of people have a mental health condition, a figure a little below the national average. Most residents are healthy, with 64.7% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
7.6%
Lower than 55% 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 Virginia, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.1% of people in Virginia need help with daily activities. This is a little below the state figure of 6.7% and is roughly the same as the national average.
5.1% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
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 Virginia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41507/virginia/topic/health-disability