51.2%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Coondoo · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Coondoo
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of the people in Coondoo live with a long-term health condition, which is far above the figures for both Queensland and Australia. This makes it one of the areas with the highest rates of chronic health issues in the region, though mental health conditions are less common here than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Arthritis is the most common long-term condition at 25.6%, followed by diabetes at 16.3%. While 51.2% of residents have a long-term health issue, the typical person has none (62.8%) or just one (32.6%).
7.0%
Lower than 61% 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 Coondoo, None is the majority at 57%; One condition is next at 30%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 7% of people need help with daily activities, a figure that is much higher than most similar areas. This is slightly above the national figure of 5.8%.
7.0% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 7.0%
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 Coondoo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30696/coondoo/topic/health-disability