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• The critical need to enable and promote
physically active
lives and improved nutrition
is highlighted by the health
profile of the population.The Plan supports this key
priority via the co-ordinated and collaborative delivery of
health and wellbeing programs to support communities
and schools, and via the application of optimal urban
design and planning to improve opportunities for physical
activity, mobility, and accessibility.The State Government
will also continue to play a key collaborative role in
delivering these important primary health aims, in order
to minimise the burden to the State of costly medical
interventions that result from inadequate investment in
preventive health programs
• The general
ageing of the population and increased
numbers of ‘frail aged’
in our community (while not
unique to the Port Adelaide Enfield Council area) will
bring significant challenges in relation to the greater level
and range of specific Council and other services required
to support older citizens into the future. Council will need
to plan for recreational services and urban design that
allows older people to remain active and healthy in their
neighbourhoods. Mental health services, family support,
and social services are also important for those at
risk of isolation
• Social connection, lifelong learning, and ‘places and spaces’
to access
community support and interaction
are
consistently shown to be important factors in peoples’
sense of wellbeing.The Plan aims to put effective long
term planning in place, to ensure that Council’s community
facilities (including Library hubs) and programs support
the changing needs and aspirations of our community into
the future
• Port Adelaide Enfield is a unique area of strategic
importance to the State due to the presence of critical
economic assets such as major rail and road freight
routes to the Port of Adelaide, four power generation
stations and associated electricity and gas distribution
infrastructure, Adelaide’s fuel imports storage and
distribution facilities (including those designated as Major
Hazardous Facilities), a significant proportion of the State’s
manufacturing industry, and the downstream destination
of a large proportion of the metropolitan north west’s
stormwater flows. Planning for the prevention and
management of emergency incidents
is therefore a key
public health and safety priority for both Council and the
State Government
• In an area where some groups are already experiencing,
and are vulnerable to, economic or environmental
stressors, the challenges of projected
climate change
will add further pressure to both the population and its
supporting social and physical infrastructure – particularly
during extreme weather events such as heatwaves or
increased inundation in flood-prone areas. Adaptation
planning for climate change is therefore a key element in
this Plan
• Employment and training
continue to be key indicators
of wellbeing in the region, underpinning access to health
resources and opportunities. Unemployment, and under-
employment (particularly of women) is a significant
issue in some parts of the Council area, and has inter-
generational consequences for families
• The regulation of environmental health and
communicable disease
control continues to be a major
requirement in the region, particularly with regard to food
safety, legionella control, accommodation and wellbeing
standards for vulnerable groups, management of hazardous
and putrescible waste, and control of preventable diseases
through immunisation and education.The number of
Supported Residential Facilities in the area ( the highest of
any Council area in the State) requires particular focus for
both program provision, and oversight of standards.