30.2%
Lower than 69% of urban area areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Adelaide · Urban Area
Health & Disability in Adelaide
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A slightly higher share of people in Adelaide live with long-term health conditions compared to the national figure. While 30.2% of residents report a chronic health issue, this is lower than most similar areas across the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition at 9.8%, followed by arthritis at 9.5%. Most residents are healthy, with 63.6% reporting no long-term health conditions at all.
9.8%
Lower than 64% of urban area 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 Adelaide, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily assistance is needed by 6.6% of people, a figure that has risen by 1.2 percentage points since 2011. This is about the same as both the state and national figures.
6.6% ▲ +22.0%
Lower than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
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 Adelaide [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4001/adelaide/topic/health-disability