25.0%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Cobourg · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Cobourg
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
About 78% of people in Cobourg report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area's health profile stand out, as very few residents struggle with mental health issues or require daily assistance. It is a sparsely populated area where overall health is generally better than in most similar regions.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
One quarter of residents have a long-term health condition, which is well above the Northern Territory figure of 19.8% but a little below the Australian rate. Asthma and diabetes are the most common issues, each affecting 12.5% of the population, while no one reported a mental health condition.
0.0%
Lower than 99% 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 Cobourg, None is the majority at 83%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
No one in Cobourg needs help with daily activities. This is well below the 3.6% seen across the Northern Territory and the 5.8% national figure, and is much lower than most similar areas.
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 Cobourg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70058/cobourg/topic/health-disability