22.3%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Googong · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Googong
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Only 22.3% of people in Googong have a long-term health condition, a figure well below the national average. This makes the area much healthier than most similar places. Most residents report no long-term health issues at all.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health conditions are much less common here than in most other areas. Mental health and asthma are the most reported issues, each affecting 8.6% of residents, which is about the same as the national figure.
8.6%
Lower than 65% of urban centre 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 Googong, None is the majority at 76%; One condition is next at 19%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Very few people in Googong need help with daily activities, with only 2.5% requiring assistance. This is well below the Australian average of 5.8% and has fallen 3.4 percentage points since 2011.
2.5% ▼ -57.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
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 Googong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL114012/googong/topic/health-disability