25.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Goodooga · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Goodooga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people struggle with chronic illness or disability in Goodooga compared to most of the country. Only 25.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is slightly lower than the national figure of 27.7%. This suggests a generally healthier daily life for many in the community.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are reported by just 4.9% of people, a figure well below the Australian average of 8.8%. Among those with long-term health issues, diabetes is the most common at 11.7%, while half of all residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
4.9%
Lower than 75% 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 Goodooga, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.2% of people in Goodooga need help with daily activities. This is well below the 5.8% recorded for both New South Wales and Australia, and is much lower than most similar areas.
2.2% ▼ -25.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 1.6%
- 2021: 2.2%
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 Goodooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11708/goodooga/topic/health-disability