25.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Koolkhan · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Koolkhan
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
More than half of the people in Koolkhan, or 58.1%, report having no long-term health conditions. While the area has a lower rate of chronic illness than most, nearly 10% of residents require help with daily activities, which is well above the national figure.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 25.8% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure slightly below both the state and national averages. Notably, no one in the area reported a mental health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 8.8%.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Koolkhan, None is the majority at 55%; One condition is next at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Need for daily assistance is much higher here than in most similar areas. At 9.7%, the proportion of people requiring help is well above the 5.8% seen across New South Wales and Australia.
9.7% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 20.5%
- 2021: 9.7%
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 Koolkhan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12195/koolkhan/topic/health-disability