24.2%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Leigh Creek · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Leigh Creek
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Leigh Creek than in most other parts of the state. Only 24.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the South Australian figure of 31.0%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
People with a mental health condition make up 7.7% of the population, a little below the national figure of 8.8%. Asthma is the most common long-term health issue here, affecting 11.0% of residents.
7.7%
Lower than 74% of urban centre 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 Leigh Creek, None is the majority at 62%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Leigh Creek reported needing help with daily activities in 2021, a figure well below the 5.8% national average. This is a drop of 3.7 percentage points since 2011.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 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 Leigh Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL422027/leigh-creek/topic/health-disability