37.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Coopernook · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Coopernook
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
A striking 37% of residents in Coopernook live with a long-term health condition. This is far above the state and national figures, marking it as an area where health challenges are much more common than in most other places.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Long-term health issues are frequent here, with arthritis (12.3%) and mental health conditions (11.6%) being the most common. The rate of mental health conditions is well above the New South Wales figure of 8.0%.
11.6%
Higher than 73% 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 Coopernook, None is the majority at 60%; One condition is next at 26%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Despite the high rate of health conditions, only 4.4% of people need help with daily activities. This is a little below the national figure and represents a drop of 8.3 percentage points since 2011.
4.4% ▼ -65.3%
Lower than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
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 Coopernook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122039/coopernook/topic/health-disability