24.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Goonengerry · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Goonengerry
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Fewer people report long-term health issues in Goonengerry than in most similar areas. Only 24.4% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are less common here than across Australia, with the most frequent being other unspecified conditions at 10.4%. Mental health conditions affect 8.1% of residents, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
8.1%
Lower than 51% 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 Goonengerry, None is the majority at 72%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.7% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the state and national averages.
5.7% ▲ +41.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
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 Goonengerry [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11718/goonengerry/topic/health-disability