20.9%
Lower than 89% of state electorate areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Coogee · State Electorate
Health & Disability in Coogee
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Coogee than in most similar areas. Only 20.9% of residents report a long-term health condition, which is well below the national figure of 27.7%. This makes the area stand out as particularly healthy compared to the rest of the country.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Only 6.4% of people report a mental health condition, a figure a little below the Australian average. For those with long-term health issues, asthma is the most common at 6.4%, followed by mental health and other conditions at 6.3% and 6.4% respectively.
6.4%
Lower than 81% of state electorate 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 Coogee, None is the majority at 77%; One condition is next at 17%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
The proportion of people needing help with daily activities is among the lowest for similar areas at 3.1%. This is a little below the national figure of 5.8% and has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since 2011.
3.1% ▼ -47.5%
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.1%
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 Coogee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10021/coogee/topic/health-disability