20.7%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Western Flat · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Western Flat
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people report long-term health issues in Western Flat than in the rest of South Australia. Only 20.7% of residents have a long-term condition, which is a huge gap compared to the state figure of 31.0%. This suggests a population in remarkably good health.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 20.7% of people have a long-term health condition, which is far below the national figure of 27.7%. Asthma is the most common issue at 9.9%, while 7.4% of residents have a mental health condition, a figure slightly lower than the Australian average.
7.4%
Lower than 57% 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 Western Flat, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Nobody in Western Flat reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is well below both the state figure of 6.7% and the national average of 5.8%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Western Flat [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL41574/western-flat/topic/health-disability