30.1%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cockatoo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cockatoo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Mental health conditions are the most common long-term health issue in Cockatoo, affecting 11.6% of residents. This is much higher than most similar areas, though about 60% of the population reports having no long-term health conditions at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 30.1% of people here have a long-term health condition, which is a little above the figures for Victoria and Australia. Aside from mental health, the most frequent conditions reported are asthma at 10.1% and arthritis at 8.5%.
11.6%
Higher than 80% 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 Cockatoo, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.7% of the population. This is a little below the state and national figures.
4.7% ▲ +27.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
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 Cockatoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20600/cockatoo/topic/health-disability