23.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Courtenay · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Courtenay
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Over half of people in Courtenay report having no long-term health conditions, making it a healthy place to live. While general long-term health issues are well below the national figure, mental health challenges are significantly more common here than in most other areas.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 23.6% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the Australian figure of 27.7%. However, 12.7% of people report a mental health condition, a rate that is well above both the state and national averages.
12.7%
Higher than 86% 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 Courtenay, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.5% of people need some help with daily activities, which is a higher proportion than in most similar areas and about the same as the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
5.5% —
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 5.5%
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 Courtenay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50344/courtenay/topic/health-disability