22.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cooktown · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cooktown
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A much lower share of people in Cooktown report long-term health issues compared to the rest of the state. Only 22.2% of residents live with a long-term condition, which is well below the Queensland figure of 28.8%. This trend is mirrored in mental health, where Cooktown's rate is also lower than most areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term health issue at 7.8%, followed by mental health at 6.0%. Most residents are healthy, with 60.9% reporting no long-term conditions at all.
6.0%
Lower than 69% 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 Cooktown, None is the majority at 73%; One condition is next at 18%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
People needing help with daily activities make up 4.8% of the population. This is about the same as the national figure of 5.8% and just a little below the Queensland rate of 6.0%.
4.8% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.8%
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 Cooktown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30675/cooktown/topic/health-disability