20.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Kookynie · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Kookynie
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Kookynie than in most similar areas. Only 20.2% of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area exceptionally healthy compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health conditions are notably rare here, affecting only 5.1% of people, which is well below the Western Australian average of 8.3%. Cancer (5.1%) and asthma (4.0%) are the most common reported conditions, though over half of the population has no long-term health issues at all.
5.1%
Lower than 75% 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 Kookynie, None is the majority at 70%; One condition is next at 25%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Kookynie reports needing help with daily activities. This 0.0% rate is much lower than most areas and well below the Australian figure of 5.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 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 Kookynie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50777/kookynie/topic/health-disability