26.3%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Goodooga · Urban Centre
Health & Disability in Goodooga
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Far fewer people live with long-term health issues in Goodooga than in most similar areas. Mental health conditions are especially rare here, with only 2.2% of residents reporting one.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
About 26.3% of people have a long-term health condition, which is similar to the New South Wales figure. Diabetes is the most common issue at 14%, and nearly half of all residents report having no long-term health conditions at all.
2.2%
Lower than 97% 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 Goodooga, None is the majority at 66%; One condition is next at 20%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
Only 2.8% of residents need help with daily activities, a figure that is among the lowest for similar areas and a little below the national average. This is a notable drop from 2011, when 6.1% of people needed such support.
2.8% ▼ -54.1%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 2.8%
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 Goodooga [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122061/goodooga/topic/health-disability