33.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cooroy · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cooroy
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Well over a third of people in Cooroy live with a long-term health condition, which is a much higher rate than across most of Australia. This makes the area stand out as having a higher burden of chronic illness and a greater need for health support than the national average.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 33.7% of residents have a long-term health condition, a figure well above the Queensland average of 28.8%. Arthritis is the most common report at 12.3%, while 10.2% of people live with a mental health condition, which is a little above the national figure.
10.2%
Higher than 70% 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 Cooroy, None is the majority at 63%; One condition is next at 24%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Daily help is needed by 7.2% of the population, which is much higher than most similar areas. This need for assistance is a little above both the Queensland (6.0%) and Australian (5.8%) figures.
7.2% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 7.2%
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 Cooroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30705/cooroy/topic/health-disability