SA vaccine heat maps reveal big gaps between suburbs, regions

There are large gaps in the vaccine rates between neighbourhoods, new heat maps reveal, with one area at 75 per cent while others are as low as 2. Check your postcode.

A heat map of vaccination rates by postcodes shows big gaps across Adelaide suburbs — and even big discrepancies in nearby neighbourhoods.

New data shows a host of suburbs where more than 30 per cent of the adult population have had their first jab and are running well above the state average of 25.5 per cent.

These include a range of suburbs centred around Adelaide City, Port Adelaide, Somerton Park, Melrose Park, Kent Town, Glynde, Willunga and Virginia, as well as Tanunda in the Barossa Valley.

McLaren Vale was running at 40 per cent, parts of Verdun postcode were running at between 43 per cent and 75 per cent, where postcode 5142 — Uraidla — has seen 415 of 553 residents receive their first shot, according to the SA Health figures.

Carey Gully came in last at two per cent with just 11 of 399 residents having had their first shot.

Much of Adelaide is listed at just slightly above or below the state average.

A vaccination rate heat map for the Greater Adelaide area, with green showing a higher percentage vaccinated, and red showing a lower percentage vaccinated. Search your postcode for exact data above. Picture: SA Health

Suburbs with the postcode 5038, including Camden Park, Plympton, Plympton Park and South Plympton, were recorded as average. However, other areas were well behind with less than 20 per cent of the population listed as having had their first jab.

These included postcodes centred around Adelaide City and Port Adelaide areas — where other associated postcodes were above 30 per cent.

They included Regency Park, Salisbury South, Elizabeth West, Nairne, Gawler and Two Wells delivery centres.

A vaccination rate heat map for South Australia, with green showing a higher percentage vaccinated, and red showing a lower percentage vaccinated. Search your postcode for exact data above. Picture: SA Health

SA now has had more than 530,000 vaccinations delivered and is running at around 10,000 jabs per day.

Federal figures show SA’s utilisation rate of 86 per cent of vaccines is ahead of only WA on 78 per cent, and lags well behind leaders NSW and Tasmania on 98 per cent.

As of last Friday, SA Health had 68,619 doses of Pfizer and 41,143 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines in stock.

SA Health chief public health officer, Professor Nicola Spurrier said vaccination was the best form of prevention and the Covid-19 vaccine “is one of the most important tools we have in our fight against this sneaky virus.”

“Now more than ever we need all South Australians to roll up and get vaccinated as soon as they are eligible, no matter where they live,” Prof Spurrier said.

“The Covid-19 vaccines train your immune system to recognise Covid-19. The vaccines have been designed to help you fight off Covid-19 before it makes you sick, and to reduce the severity of your symptoms if you do get sick.

“Borders are no barricade for Covid-19. This virus is moving like a wildfire and as we’ve seen recently, it can quickly get out of control.”