31.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cooma · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cooma
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Daily life in Cooma (Vic.) is marked by a high rate of chronic illness, with 31.9% of people living with a long-term health condition. This figure is well above the Victorian average of 27.4% and the national figure of 27.7%. Despite this, there is a very low need for daily assistance among residents.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 31.9% of people report a long-term health condition, which is higher than most areas; the most common are other conditions at 17.0% and asthma at 12.8%. However, mental health conditions are much lower than most areas at 4.3%, well below the 8.8% seen across Australia.
4.3%
Lower than 78% 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 Cooma, None is the majority at 68%; One condition is next at 27%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in the community reported needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% figure is well below the 5.9% state average and the 5.8% national average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
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 Cooma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20625/cooma/topic/health-disability